A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Depicting two puppies

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

MEIJI 1868-1912

Depicting two puppies, one with its eyes shut and the other lying on top, its pupils inlaid, with a signature for Ransen in an oval reserve underneath, 4.8cm.

Provenance: an English private collection.

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.639 for another netsuke depicting puppies by Ransen.