THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE 18TH-20TH CENTURIES One carved as a small shishi crouching on its...

THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

18TH-20TH CENTURIES

One carved as a small shishi crouching on its front legs, on a rectangular base signed Shunchikudo Joshu underneath, another as a recumbent kirin, its head turned to the back and with a two character signature for Gyokuseki, the third with two small rats gnawing at hazelnuts, unsigned, together with a three-case lacquer inro with a large wood fugu fish netsuke, 4.8cm max. (4)

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