Japanese Works of Art - 23rd November 2021
Lot 1220
AN UNUSAL JAPANESE LACQUER NETSUKE
Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £3200
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Description
AN UNUSAL JAPANESE LACQUER NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Modelled as a rabbit and a monkey neck-wrestling, the primate depicted in red and gold lacquer with its eyes inlaid with minute mother of pearl and black beads, his opponent in silver lacquer and its eyes inlaid with red beads, unsigned, 3.9cm.
Provenance: an American private collection, purchased 1990s-2010s.