Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 123
FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £800
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Description
FOUR JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY
All depicting figures engaged in various activities: one an elderly man and a child opening up double-gourds; another depicting Ono no Komachi as an elderly woman resting on a toppled wood post, inscribed underneath; the third a seated craftsman painting a mask; all three signed; and the fourth a boy lifting a large Daruma doll; together with a compressed horn netsuke of a boy with a basket, 6.2cm max. (5)
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.
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