THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF FIGURES

THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF FIGURES

EDO AND MEIJI PERIODS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES

The tallest carved as Ashinaga carrying Tenaga on his shoulders, his long-armed friend holding a large fish; the second depicting a sennin standing on one leg whilst cupping his ear; the third Chodoryo Sennin holding a woven basket in one hand and supporting his pet shishi on his back with the other, signed, possibly Hachichiku, 9.5cm max. (3)

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.