TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 One a tall depiction of the Chinese General Kan'u

TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

MEIJI 1868-1912

One a tall depiction of the Chinese General Kan'u, stroking his beard and holding his guandao sword, wearing long robes decorated with patterns of stylised clouds, unsigned, the other carved as Shoki the Demon Queller resting his foot on the back of an oni while threatening him with a nyoi scepter, signed Gyokuzan in an oval reserve underneath, 8.9cm max. (2)

Provenance: a Russian private collection.