A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD NETSUKE SIGNED HIDEHISA

Edo Period, early 19th century, in the form of an eagle snatching a fox, signed to the underside Hidehisa, within a wavy reserve, 5cm high

Note: An almost identical netsuke by Hidehisa is illustrated in in Lazarnick, George (1982) Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, Vol. 1, p. 458.

Provenance: Purchased from Galerie Zacke, 28/09/2020, 1800 euros. Now the property from a deceased Estate from West Dorset.