Project Description
Wood Netsuke of a Wasp on Nest by Shugasai Toyokazu (Tamba, active circa 1820-1850)
What is probably a paper wasp clinging to its small nest which has been built onto a detached branching twig. Three of the cells are empty, while one contains a bone larva and another one in buffalo horn
Signed. Circa 1800
Height: 3 cm
MR4884
