NINE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF LEGENDARY FIGURES EDO PERIOD AND LATER

NINE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF LEGENDARY FIGURES

EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

Variously depicting figures from Buddhist myths and other legends, including: Shoki the Demon Queller and an oni; two netsuke of nio restringing sandals; Kanzan and Jittoku examining a scroll; Binzuru Rakan resting with his pet tiger; Heikuro Masatora slaying the boar; one of a warrior holding a shoe and the remaining two carved as sennin, some with signatures including Ryugyoku, Yoshinaga, Itsumin and Suketada, 4.5cm max. (9)

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