λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD One a shishi on a triangular base; another a...

λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD

One a shishi on a triangular base; another a reclining oni with a sake cup in his hand, signed; the third a laughing man carrying a jar on his shoulder; the fourth carved as the monkey King Son Goku; the last depicting a standing man with a boy before him, a two character signature underneath; together with a stag antler netsuke carved as the oil thief Abura Bozu, 5.4cm max. (6)

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