FOUR JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE

FOUR JAPANESE LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

One a negoro-style seal netsuke depicting two lion dogs standing on their hind legs and holding a brocade ball, raised on a rectangular plinth carved to the underside with three characters; two others carved as seated figures, the last depicting an elderly man with a small turtle, possibly Urashima Taro, in black lacquer with remnants of red, yellow and silver, a two-character signature underneath, 4cm max. (4)