Japanese Works of Art - 16th November 2023
Lot 834
THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £567
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Description
THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY
Depicting: a blind man lifting a rock, with a mother of pearl tablet underneath; a Chinese man playing the flute, a two-character signature at the back, and the third carved as a small rat in a basket of mushrooms, its eyes inlaid, 4.8cm max. (3)
Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset, purchased in Japan.