WOODEN NETSUKE DEPICTING KUZUNOHA By Tadatoshi,... Lot 7

WOODEN NETSUKE DEPICTING KUZUNOHA By Tadatoshi, early 19th century A WOOD NETSUKE OF THE FOX WOMAN KUZUNOHA By Tadatoshi, early 19th century The fox seated in a human attitude, cradling the infant Abe no Seimei swaddled in cloth, holding a writing brush in her mouth, her hind legs and bushy tail folded beneath, her feet forming the himotoshi, the slightly worn wood with a good patina; signed in ukibori characters Tadatoshi. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high. Footnotes: 木彫根付 葛の葉 銘「忠利」 19世紀前期 Provenance: Philip Schneider Collection, New York. An Austrian private collection. Purchased at Christie's, Paris, 10 June 2009, lot 84. Published: Sydney L. Moss, MRMT, no.33. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com