Antique Japanese Signed Blackwood Frog netsuke 2" Bowl This is a Japanese Imari

This is a Japanese Imari ceramic rice bowl

ressei hanbō with yodarekakeDimensions:

The round crest with two horizontal bars

Zoku Shōwa Shokugyō E-zukushi

this piece reflects traditional Chinese carving styles in miniature form

Antique Japanese Signed Blackwood Frog netsuke 2" Bowl This is a Japanese ImariAntique Japanese Blackwood Netsuke Frog On Rock Signed Fully Wearable With Metal Clasp About the size of a real frog, which is part of what makes this so good. Carved in blackwood with exceptional surface texture every wart and fold accounted for a small frog perched atop a rock, the whole thing sitting in your hand like it just hopped there. The metal clasp at the base is original, fitted around the two himotoshi holes with a rotating ring for the