Japanese Works of Art - 14 Nov 2018
A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Carved as a monkey and its young
A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
MEIJI 1868-1912
Carved as a monkey and its young, both seated and playing with two birds, signed Seigyoku underneath, 4.6cm.
See Bonham's London, 7th November 2013, lot 43, for a related netsuke also signed Seigyoku and depicting a monkey with her young playing with a snake.