Seated on a giant clam and trying to extricate one foot caught in the jaws of the shell, crisply carved in lightly stained wood, the eyes inlaid in pale translucent horn with dark pupils, the signature in between the two holes. In very good conditions, minor wears on the surface.3 cm high, 4,5 cm wideA RARE WOOD NETSUKE OF A KAPPA, SIGNED HIDEHARU, NAGOYA JAPAN, EDO PERIOD (1603-1868), 18TH CENTURYProvenance: from the private collection of an important Italian ambassador and thence by descent