THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

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.