λ TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES The first depicting Tobosaku Sennin holding...

λ TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

The first depicting Tobosaku Sennin holding a peach branch, wearing long flowing robes and a coat of mugwort leaves over his shoulders, unsigned, the other carved as Ashinaga carrying Tenaga on his back, the latter holding a fish in his hand, signed Minkoku, 8.4cm. (2)

Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.