TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF ANIMALS

TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF ANIMALS

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

The first intricately carved as the Junichi, the twelve zodiac animals climbing upon each other; the other depicting a group of rats bundled up in a ball, their eyes inlaid in horn, both unsigned, 4.1cm and 4.2cm respectively. (2)

Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent. See Japanese Works of Art, 1st July 2020, for the first part of this private collection of netsuke sold in these rooms.