λ THREE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF FELINES

λ THREE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF FELINES

EDO AND MEIJI PERIODS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

one carved as a reclining tiger licking its back, the other two depicting lion dogs standing on bases, one a seal cut with three characters underneath, the other with a paper collection label reading 'G 232' (3)

4.2cm (max)

Provenance

Formerly the collection of Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Baronet, D.L., M.P. for Bedford (1879-1957) of Felmersham Grange, Bedfordshire, and thence by descent.