Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1199
TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE
Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £280
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Description
TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
One in dark wood, carved as a large pumpkin with movable seeds inside visible through a slit in the fruit's flesh, with a two-character signature for Gyokuso and a seal mark for Ji; the other made from a corozo nut and depicting a snail on a fruit, unsigned, 3.5cm and 4cm. (2)