A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF MONKEYS

A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF MONKEYS

MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY

Carved as six primates playing around a large double-gourd, a seventh seated at the top and using a hammer and a chisel to force the cucurbit open, the animals realistically depicted and with their eyes inlaid, a two-character mark underneath, 3.5cm.

Provenance: an Irish private collection, Dublin.