A JAPANESE CARVED AND STAINED WOOD OKIMONO OF RATS IN A BASKET**,

A JAPANESE CARVED AND STAINED WOOD OKIMONO OF RATS IN A BASKET**,
MEIJI/TAISHO PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY,
realistically carved as a group of rats climbing over the handle of a woven basket, the eyes inlaid in horn
6½in. (17cm.) high