Japanese Works of Art - 27th July 2021
Lot 450
TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF ANIMALS
Estimate £600 - £1,000 | Hammer £3200
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Description
TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF ANIMALS
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
The first intricately carved as the Junichi, the twelve zodiac animals climbing upon each other; the other depicting a group of rats bundled up in a ball, their eyes inlaid in horn, both unsigned, 4.1cm and 4.2cm respectively. (2)
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent. See Japanese Works of Art, 1st July 2020, for the first part of this private collection of netsuke sold in these rooms.