Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020

Lot 418

λ FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE MEIJI PERIOD

Estimate £200 - £300 | Hammer £1000

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Description

λ FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

One carved as Shoki the Demon Queller with a small oni on his large brimmed hat; another a samurai holding a lance with another man at his feet, signed Tomohisa; the third an archer holding a broken arrow and the fourth a Mongolian horse rider, together with a stag antler netsuke of Gama Sennin, 8.3cm 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.