Japanese Works of Art - 21 May 2019
λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE EDO AND MEIJI PERIODS One depicting Achinaga carrying Tenaga on his...
λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
EDO AND MEIJI PERIODS
One depicting Achinaga carrying Tenaga on his shoulders, another carved as a man carrying a basket of flowers, the third dressed as a Chinese man and holding a large leaf-shaped fan, another an emaciated rakan and the two last ones depicting sennin, one in bone, all unsigned, 10cm max. (6)
Provenance: from the collection of Frank Robertson (d.2014).