Japanese Works of Art - 15th November 2022
Lot 130
A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO MONKEYS
Estimate £500 - £1,000 | Hammer £1200
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Description
A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO MONKEYS
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY
Carved as an adult and its young, the larger primate seated and biting into a large peach, the smaller one stretching to look toward the back, the base signed Masanao (for Masanao of Yamada, Ise Province), 3.5cm.
Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.