A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Carved as a monkey tenderly holding her young before her

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

MEIJI 1868-1912

Carved as a monkey tenderly holding her young before her, their hair finely rendered and with the eyes inlaid in horn, signed Ikko to the back, 3.6cm.

Cf. Christie's London, 15th May 2013, lot 421 for a closely related netsuke of two monkeys by Ikko. Also, see F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part A, p.225, where other netsuke by Ikko with similar subjects are listed.