A rare ivory netsuke of a moth, by Shôsai. Early 20th centuryOf triangular shape, the wings covering the subsidiary wings and body. The large eyes with pupils of black horn. Signed Shôsai. Saitô Toshikazu Shôsai (?-1970) was born in Tokyo and was the father of Saitô Bishû.Height 4.4 cmProvenienzPurchased from Ohmura, Hamburg, June 1971Coll. no. 875 (printed and handwritten)Dieses Objekt wurde unter Verwendung von Materialien hergestellt, für die beim Export in Ländern außerhalb der EU eine Genehmigung nach CITES erforderlich ist. Wir machen darauf aufmerksam, dass eine Genehmigung im Regelfall nicht erteilt wird.A rare ivory netsuke of a moth, by Shôsai. Early 20th centuryOf triangular shape, the wings covering the subsidiary wings and body. The large eyes with pupils of black horn. Signed Shôsai. Saitô Toshikazu Shôsai (?-1970) was born in Tokyo and was the father of Saitô Bishû.Height 4.4 cmProvenancePurchased from Ohmura, Hamburg, June 1971Coll. no. 875 (printed and handwritten)This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to inform you that such licenses are usually not granted.