Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020
Lot 402
λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI PERIOD
Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £650
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Description
λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
One large okimono-style netsuke carved as Tentoki holding a lantern; two depicting oni; the fourth of Gamma Sennin with his pet toad and the fifth a kappa grabbing the leg of a fisherman, signed Tomochika, 5.6cm max. (5)
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.