COLLECTION OF THIRTEEN NETSUKE Y
MEIJI PERIOD
£813
Auction: 18 September 2018 at 12:00 BST
Description
comprising: an ivory netsuke of two ladies, shown seated and putting their arms around each other's shoulders; an ivory netsuke of an elderly mask and toy seller, signed Ryugetsu; a nut and bone netsuke of a taro root, the tip inlaid with a pearl; an ivory netsuke of Hotei, signed Ryugetsu; a wooden netsuke of a dragon, signed Masatsugu; an ivory netsuke of a man holding two tablets; an ivory netsuke of a seated man; an ivory netsuke of a rat; an ivory netsuke of the lunar hare carrying a wooden hammer, the eyes inlaid with carnelian; an ivory netsuke of a monk and a cat; an ivory netsuke of a man playing the shamisen; an ivory netsuke of Ebisu and the carp, signed Gyokuzan; a wooden netsuke of an oni peeping into a house with a man seated inside in meditation, signed Tatsuyama; together with TWO IVORY MINIATURE FIGURES (15)
Dimensions
largest 6.8cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
From the collection of the late Mr Dan More and Mrs Joan More; for more information, please see lot 139.