A kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of a recumbent oxBy Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th century
Lying with its legs folded compactly beneath its body, its halter wound tightly around its horns, the other end connecting to its nose piece, the wood with some paler patches along the spine, its eyes inlaid in light and dark horn; signed in a polished rectangular reserve Seiyodo Tomiharu. 5.8cm (2¼in).注脚黒柿彫根付　臥牛　銘 「青陽堂富春」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期


Published:
Rokusho 20, p.14, no.18.
Earle, Huthart, p.81, no.63.

A very similar example, sold in Part I of this collection on 15 May 2019 (lot 33, no.62 in the original catalogue by J. Earle), was erroneously catalogued as no.63 and as having been published as no.18 in Rokusho 20.