Japanese & Korean Art - 23 May 2018
879
TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE
EDO/MEIJI PERIOD
Both depicting foreigners, one in stag antler carved as a tall Dutchman holding his beard with one hand and a hossu fly whisk in the other, with a large circular hat topped with feathers and a long coat with a scale-like pattern, the other in ivory wearing a hood and a long coat with flowerheads, carrying a matchlock gun on his shoulder, both unsigned, 9.2cm max. (2)