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.