Lot 1155 Dα

A small Hida school boxwood netsuke of sansugumi, the three animals bringing death to each other, by Suketomo. Second half 19th century

The squatting toad, the snail raising its head and the snail coiling its body in a spiral are arranged in a near-circle. The eyes of the toad and snake of double horn inlay, the snail with eyes of black horn. Signed Suketomo in a sunken reserve.
Height 2.6 cm