TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN OJIME MEIJI 1868-1912 One modelled as an aubergine

TWO JAPANESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN OJIME

MEIJI 1868-1912

One modelled as an aubergine, signed Eiraku to the side, the other of rectangular shape with two sides decorated with patterns of stylised waves, seigaiha, the others with figures in landscapes, unsigned, 2.2cm max. (2)

Provenance: An English private collection, Surrey.

Cf. Rokusho, vol.6, and Sagemonoya, Netsuke, ojime and Masatoshi's Kabuki where these two ojime are illustrated .