Japanese Works of Art - 1st July 2020

Lot 430

λ THREE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF RABBITS EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £950

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Description

λ THREE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF RABBITS

EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

One netsuke carved as a small rabbit resting its paws on the back of another, their eyes inlaid in coral; the two other netsuke depicting the animals seated on their haunches, one with amber-coloured eyes, the other with the pupils inlaid in horn, 5.2cm max. (3)

Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.