Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 357
FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE EDO PERIOD AND LATER
Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Three depicting rabbits: one in a small boat, signed Jujo / Toshinori with kakihan; another in the shape of a ball and gnawing on its back paw; the third two rabbits huddled up together; together with a netsuke of a rat on a large mushroom, eating a small pea pod with chestnuts before him, the eyes inlaid in horn and signed Masanao, 4cm max. (4)
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.