Japanese Works of Art - 21 May 2019
FOUR JAPANESE NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Two in stag antler
FOUR JAPANESE NETSUKE
MEIJI 1868-1912
Two in stag antler, one carved as a bamboo rhizome, the other as an Asakuza-style sashi netsuke, together with a boar tusk carved as an eel, its eyes inlaid, the fourth carved from bone in the shape of a bell, all unsigned, 16cm max. (4)
Provenance: from the collection of Frank Robertson (d.2014).