Asian Art II - 18th November 2015
Lot 307
λ TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 The first carved as Fukurokuju sitting before a tree...
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λ TWO JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
MEIJI 1868-1912
The first carved as Fukurokuju sitting before a tree stump smoking his pipe, the base signed Ikko, the other depicting Daruma yawning and stretching after meditating for nine years, his limbs atrophied, the base with the character Sei, meaning 'quiet', 5.3cm. (2)
Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.