Japanese Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 291
FOUR JAPANESE NETSUKE MEIJI 1868-1912 Two in stag antler
Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £380
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Description
FOUR JAPANESE NETSUKE
MEIJI 1868-1912
Two in stag antler, one carved as a bamboo rhizome, the other as an Asakuza-style sashi netsuke, together with a boar tusk carved as an eel, its eyes inlaid, the fourth carved from bone in the shape of a bell, all unsigned, 16cm max. (4)
Provenance: from the collection of Frank Robertson (d.2014).