λ THREE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE EDO PERIOD AND LATER

λ THREE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

One depicting a tiger and a dragon on a rocky outcrop, their eyes inlaid in mother of pearl, signed Ikko / Kazutora; another depicting a man seated on a large shishi, holding a sake bottle over his shoulder, the lion dog reclining on a rock-shaped base; the third depicting Jurojin and his pet crane on a swirling cloud, 4.2cm max. (3)

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