Japanese Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 290
THREE JAPANESE MANJU NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Two in marine ivory
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £280
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Description
THREE JAPANESE MANJU NETSUKE
MEIJI 1868-1912
Two in marine ivory, one depicting a writhing dragon amongst clouds, signed Gasho, the other with an elderly man and a bundled up child, signed Haneka, the third in bone and carved with a monster, bakemono, with a two character signature, together with a fourth netsuke carved from a rectangular section of marine ivory with Hotei and an attendant, unsigned, 5.6cm max.
Provenance: from the collection of Frank Robertson (d.2014).