EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SANSHO
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AN IVORY NETSUKE
edo period (19th century), signed sansho
Modelled as three monkeys balancing one atop another, the top monkey smoothly polished, reaching up and grasping, the bottom two with hair rendered by incised and stained lines, the monkey at the base wearing a cloak incised with geometric patterns and inlaid in colored ivory with a fruit and two leaves
5 7/8in. (15cm.) high
edo period (19th century), signed sansho
Modelled as three monkeys balancing one atop another, the top monkey smoothly polished, reaching up and grasping, the bottom two with hair rendered by incised and stained lines, the monkey at the base wearing a cloak incised with geometric patterns and inlaid in colored ivory with a fruit and two leaves
5 7/8in. (15cm.) high