λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD

λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY

Variously depicting figures engaged in daily activities, one a fisherman with his catch, another a Chinese man with a large sack, a third a man holding a placard, the fourth a scholar in a giant fruit writing with an oni next to him and the fifth a shojo reclining on a large hat, together with a stag antler netsuke of two figures holding large bundles, some with signatures including Hozan and Masatsugu, 4.6cm max. (6)

Provenance: an English private collection, Westminster.