λ FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE 18TH/19TH CENTURY Variously carved as five monkeys wrestling

λ FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Variously carved as five monkeys wrestling, a hare with inlaid horn eyes, a shishi hiding in a rocky outcrop, a moveable ball in his mouth, and a Pekingese dog standing by a frog, their eyes inlaid in horn, the latter signed Kazuko, 4.7cm.(4)

Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.