Japanese Works of Art - 14th November 2018

Lot 909

A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Depicting a large monkey eating a peach

Estimate £1,500 - £2,000

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A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

MEIJI 1868-1912

Depicting a large monkey eating a peach, with five smaller monkeys climbing over her back and a sixth one cradled in her right arm, all with eyes inlaid in light-coloured horn, signed Hoichi saku in a rectangular reserve underneath, 5cm.