Lot 361
GROUP OF SEVEN CARVED IVORY NETSUKE Y
MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 22 March 2017 at 14:00 GMT
£2,750
Description
comprising: a manju netsuke of noh masks, signed Tomochika; a netsuke of a crab and a conch attached to two clam shells, unsigned; a netsuke of Hotei, signed Masakazu; a figural group of a man and two dwarfs, signed Mitsumasa; a netsuke of a rodent nibbling on two large nuts, unsigned; a netsuke of a shogun fighting a rival, signed Somin; a netsuke of a reclining man on a round plinth, signed Masahiro (7)
Dimensions
tallest 6cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Private Scottish collection; acquired in Japan in the 1920s/1930s, thence by descent.