Japanese Works of Art - 01 Jul 2020
TEN JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF FIGURES MEIJI PERIOD
TEN JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF FIGURES
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Variously depicting travellers, entertainers, itinerant manzai performers and others, one a man crawling between the legs of three others, another with his grandson on his back, some with signatures including Kuni / Koku, Kokuho, Hiro and Hiromitsu, 7.4cm max. (10)
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.