An umoregi (bogwood) netsuke of a frog on a logBy Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe small frog squatting athwart the long log, its head slightly raised looking ahead, as if about to leap, the bark of the rotten log carefully rendered, contrasting with the polished ends, signed Sekiyo Enokawa Seiyodo Tomiharu chokoku (carved by Seiyodo Tomiharu by the Eno River in Sekiyo). 6.5cm (2 5/8in).注脚埋れ木根付　丸太に蛙　銘 「石陽可愛河青陽堂富春彫刻」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期Provenance:Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection.Sold at Christie's, New York, Part I, 27 October 1987, lot 200.Published:Shichida, INC, no.33.Earle, Huthart, p.68, no.49.