EDO PERIOD (18TH CENTURY)

Details

An Ivory Netsuke**
Edo period (18th century)
Carved as a sleeping monkey trainer, his monkey stealing food from his basket, details stained dark
1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) wide

Provenance

Michael Tomkinson

Special notice

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Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Michael Tomkinson, A Japanese Collection, vol. I (London: George Allen, 1898), no. 809 (not illustrated).

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