Japanese Works of Art - 20 May 2026
A COLLECTION OF TWENTY JAPANESE NETSUKE
λ A COLLECTION OF TWENTY JAPANESE NETSUKE
MEIJI AND LATER, 19TH AND 20TH CENTURY
Variously made of wood, stag antler, lacquer and resin, carved as animals, figures and flowers; one in wood depicting Hotei emerging from his large sack of treasures, holding a scroll on which reads Fukurokuju, signed Hokei at the back; another a shishi with a brocade ball, signed Masamitsu; a third, a lacquer cluster of reishi fungi, with an illegible signature; and others, 8.2cm max. (20)
WITHOUT RESERVE
With an ivory registration number.