Lacquered wooden katabori-style netsuke depicting a bird with its head turned to the side. It is decorated in silver maki e. Two himotoshi are pierced under the animal's body. Bears a signature in gold maki e: Kansai - ??, this is Koma Kansai, a member of an illustrious family of lacquerers. Japan, mid-Edo period, 18th-19th century. L.: 4 cm; H.: 2.7 cm