λ FIVE JAPANESE NETSUKE OF AMPHIBIOUS CREATURES EDO PERIOD AND LATER

λ FIVE JAPANESE NETSUKE OF AMPHIBIOUS CREATURES

EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

One in ivory carved as a minogame and its young, signed Shounsai; another a wood turtle hidden in her carapace; the third a nut carved as a small toad with inlaid eyes; another a grumpy-looking wooden toad and the fifth depicting five small frogs on a lotus leaf, 5cm max. (5)

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

PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.