Asian Art II - 18th November 2015

Lot 324

λ FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE 18TH/19TH CENTURY Variously carved as five monkeys wrestling

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £1000

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Description

λ FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

18TH/19TH CENTURY

Variously carved as five monkeys wrestling, a hare with inlaid horn eyes, a shishi hiding in a rocky outcrop, a moveable ball in his mouth, and a Pekingese dog standing by a frog, their eyes inlaid in horn, the latter signed Kazuko, 4.7cm.(4)

Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.