Asian Art II - 23rd May 2013
Lot 934
λ A Japanese ivory netsuke of a monkey c.1830
Estimate £250 - £350 | Hammer £220
+ Buyers Premium
Description
λ A Japanese ivory netsuke of a monkey c.1830, seated holding a wooden noh mask of Okame on his face, the hair and mask details stained, signed Mitsukide, 3.5cm.
Provenance: from the collection of the 2nd Viscount Bearsted, and thence by descent.