Unsigned.
Circa: late 18th.
beautifully carved double-figure netsuke depicts a mujina (a type of badger) and a namazu (catfish, associated with earthquakes because it is so active before they occur) locked in a furious struggle. The convolutions of the two animals have made possible a netsuke design of true functional form.
Reference：
INRO AND NETSUKE P115（Cat No.304），by Tokyo Natl. Museum，Nigensha，2000
Netsuke Subjects P56（Cat No.116），By Karl M. Schwarz，Böhlau Verlag（Vienna），1992
NETSUKE- The Miniature Sculpture of Japan P160（Cat No.363），By Richard Barker and Lawrence Smith，Brithsh Museum，1976
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