SIGNED DORAKU, 19TH CENTURY
Details
An ivory ashtray netsuke and another
Signed Doraku, 19th Century
In the form of a gourd cut in half, a small gourd attached to one side to make the himotoshi, the rim with a key-fret design signed Doraku; and a stained ivory netsuke of a monkey seated on a huge mikan, peeling its skin to reveal the fruit, signed Eigyoku
1¾in. (4.3cm.) long and 1½in. (3.8cm.) high respectively (2)
Signed Doraku, 19th Century
In the form of a gourd cut in half, a small gourd attached to one side to make the himotoshi, the rim with a key-fret design signed Doraku; and a stained ivory netsuke of a monkey seated on a huge mikan, peeling its skin to reveal the fruit, signed Eigyoku
1¾in. (4.3cm.) long and 1½in. (3.8cm.) high respectively (2)
Provenance
The first Crookes Collection no. 32
Literature
For the second, see Lazarnick, G. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and how to read their signatures, (Reed Publishers, Honolulu, 1982), p.360.