A rare kurogaki (black persimmon) wood netsuke of Jurojin in a peachBy Baiseki, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th centuryCarved in two parts, the large peach with leaves carved in relief, surmounted by a loose blossom on which Jurojin stands and fits inside the fruit, forming the himotoshi, signed Baiseki kore o chokoku (Baiseki carved this) with a seal Sha. 5.3cm (2 1/8in).注脚黒柿彫根付　桃の中の寿老人　銘 「楳石彫刻之」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期Published:Rokusho 20, p.77, no.115.Earle, Huthart, p.298, no.268.