29th Oct, 2020 9:30
The October Sale | Fine Art, Antiques & Jewellery
Three Japanese carved ivory netsuke, Meiji/Taisho period, comprising a large ape, bending over whilst scratching their head and holding onto an apple, with inlaid eyes, 5mm high, a monkey acting out the three principles of speak, see and hear no evil, 4mm, and a monkey seated on a length of bamboo extracting water from a shoot, 8.7cm long
Sold for £450
Three Japanese carved ivory netsuke, Meiji/Taisho period, comprising a large ape, bending over whilst scratching their head and holding onto an apple, with inlaid eyes, 5mm high, a monkey acting out the three principles of speak, see and hear no evil, 4mm, and a monkey seated on a length of bamboo extracting water from a shoot, 8.7cm long
