λ THREE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

λ THREE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

One carved as a small bird perched on a tall four-legged stand, its eyes inlaid; the two others depicting shishi, one with the lion dog on a rhomboid base and the other with its three pups, signed Masamitsu; together with a horn netsuke carved as a small crab on a lotus leaf, 4.8cm max. (4)

Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.