Japanese Works of Art - 23 Nov 2021
TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
TWO JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
One carved as three travellers on a boat, one a sarumawashi with his pet monkey, signed Masamin underneath; the other depicting Chinese sages in a bamboo grove, the base carved a two-character signature possibly reading Ganshu / Shugetsu and an unusual kao, 7cm and 3cm. (2)