Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day 2 - 21st April 2021
Lot 517
λ A COLLECTION OF NINE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £700
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Description
λ A COLLECTION OF NINE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
EDO AND MEIJI PERIODS, 18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
variously carved as figures engaged in daily pursuits, one with three fishermen on a boat attacked by a giant octopus, another with a man crawling between the legs of another, signed 'Masatsugu' in a red lacquer plaque to the base, another a seated man with a fan signed 'Hideyama', some with paper collection labels (9)
8.7cm (max)
Provenance
Formerly the collection of Sir Sydney Richard Wells, 1st Baronet, D.L., M.P. for Bedford (1879-1957) of Felmersham Grange, Bedfordshire, and thence by descent.