A RARE HIRADO PORCELAIN NETSUKE OF A CLAM WITH MINOGAME AND CRAB Unsigned Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Noetzel, Otto Heinrich (1985) Yakimono Netsuke, p. 42, fig. 12 In the shape of a smooth hamaguri clam with a crab on top, the markings glazed brown, a blue-glazed minogame (thousand-year-tortoise) hidden inside a crevice. The clam glazed a beautiful creamy celadon-blue. Good, asymmetrical himotoshi. LENGTH 5.2 cm Condition: Excellent condition with only very little expected firing flaws. Provenance: Ex-collection Otto Heinrich Noetzel, then estate of Guenter Kauth (1946-2016), Frankfurt am Main.