THREE JAPANESE NETSUKE

THREE JAPANESE NETSUKE

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Two in wood, the largest depicting a spider on a persimmon, the body of the insect in mother of pearl; the other carved as a bundle of firewood in a woven basket; the third netsuke a small rat peeping out of Daikoku's sack of treasures, the rodent movable, the bag probably made of corozo nut, all unsigned, 4cm max. (3)