THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

THREE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Variously carved as a small rat gnawing on the base of its tail, one eye inlaid and the other covered by its hind leg, a two-character signature to the side; a small monkey seated inside a giant peach, a metal loop underneath; and a farmer and her ox, a three-character signature to the base, 3.4cm max. (3)

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.

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