WOOD NETSUKE OF A HORSE BY YASUTADA EDO PERIOD, EARLY TO MID 19TH CENTURY 江戶 十九世紀 木彫根付 馬 銘「安忠」 the recumbent horse with its head turned towards its left, the face with an alert expression, the manes finely incised and neatly parted in the middle along the spine, the bushy tail curling around its rear hind, signed in a rectangular reserve Yasutada (4.2cm wide) Qty: (1) Provenance: Private English collection, London Note: A carved wood netsuke of a goat, signed Yasutada and dated to the Edo period, 19th century, is in the collection of the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number A.64-1915; two further wood netsukes, both signed Yasutada and dated to the Edo period, including a monkey eating fruit, sold at Christie's London, 16 May 2012, lot 91, and a turtle, sold at Bonhams London, 6 Nov 2014, lot 64.