THREE JAPANESE MANJU NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Two in marine ivory

THREE JAPANESE MANJU NETSUKE

MEIJI 1868-1912

Two in marine ivory, one depicting a writhing dragon amongst clouds, signed Gasho, the other with an elderly man and a bundled up child, signed Haneka, the third in bone and carved with a monster, bakemono, with a two character signature, together with a fourth netsuke carved from a rectangular section of marine ivory with Hotei and an attendant, unsigned, 5.6cm max.

Provenance: from the collection of Frank Robertson (d.2014).