λ FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF FIGURES EDO PERIOD AND LATER

λ FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF FIGURES

EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

One depicting a tall sennin standing on one leg, laughing; another of Gama Sennin, the Immortal carrying his pet toad on his head whilst a smaller amphibian clambers up his leg; the third the witch Hannya, her dragon tail curling around the bell under which Anchin hides, her head and hands in ivory; the fourth depicting a Chinese scholar and attendant under a rocky outcrop, together with a wood carving of two boys and a turtle, possibly Chinese, 10cm max. (5)

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