An ebony netsuke of a crab on driftwoodBy Seiyodo Tomiharu (1733-1810), Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th centuryThe crab resting on a striated piece of irregularly-shaped driftwood, over which water flows, signed Iwami-shu (Iwami-no-kuni) Enokawa Seiyodo Tomiharu chokoku (carved by the Eno River in Iwami Province by Seiyodo Tomiharu). 5.4cm (2 1/8in).注脚黒檀彫根付　流木に乗る蟹　銘 「石見州可愛河青陽堂富春彫刻」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期Provenance:Anne Hull Grundy Collection.Published:Hull Grundy, NCIS, figs.41-42.Lazarnick, NIA, p.1134.Meinertzhagen, MCI, vol.2, p.881.Earle, Huthart, p.90, no.71.The provenance, citations, signature illustration and netsuke description are transposed with no.72 in the original J. Earle catalogue.