TWO JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE

TWO JAPANESE WOOD MASK NETSUKE
EDO/MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY,

Both carved as Okame, the Goddess of Mirth depicted smiling, with dimples on her cheeks; the first signed Kunimitsu and the other unsigned; 4.3cm and 4.8cm respectively. (2)

Provenance: both from the netsuke collection of Peter E. Müller; the first numbered no.107, the other no.106.