Asian Art II - 18th May 2016
Lot 913
λ A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE 19TH CENTURY Depicting a large rat eating a spray of millet and with a...
Estimate £5,000 - £8,000
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λ A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
19TH CENTURY
Depicting a large rat eating a spray of millet and with a smaller pup on its back, the hair finely carved and the eyes inlaid, signed Okatomo in a rectangular cartouche to the reverse, 4.4cm.
Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.619, where other rats by Okatomo are illustrated.