An Ise school boxwood netsuke of a rat with a fruit. Second half 19th centurySitting with tail coiled around its body, nibbling at a fruit held with both forepaws. The eye pupils of black horn. Inscribed Masanao in an oval reserve. Height 2.5 cm; width 3.3 cmProvenienzPurchased from Helmut Laudenbach, Berg, March 1980Coll. no. 584 (handwritten)An Ise school boxwood netsuke of a rat with a fruit. Second half 19th centurySitting with tail coiled around its body, nibbling at a fruit held with both forepaws. The eye pupils of black horn. Inscribed Masanao in an oval reserve. Height 2.5 cm; width 3.3 cm