λ NINE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI PERIOD

λ NINE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Depicting figures engaged in various activities, one carved as Jurojin resting with his deer, another Daikoku hiding a daikon shaped as female legs under a blanket; a beauty standing, wearing a long kimono and holding a fan; together with a ceramic netsuke of a woman carrying a large mushroom on her back, some with signatures including Ikko, Tomihisa, Rantei, Homin, Ryuei and Chikahiro, 8cm max. (10)

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