λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

One in Shibayama style depicting clams with a squid and other seashells in mother of pearl, horn, coloured ivory and shell inlays, signed Raku in a shaped reserve; another a cluster of shells to one side and fish to the other, one fugu with an opening revealing a miniature landscape inside, signed Kozan; the third with five peaches, also with miniature landscapes to the inside, signed Gyokumin and with a small paper label reading "Pekin" and "1859"; the fourth a nest of terrapins on rockwork, with insects inlaid in horn, coral and stained ivory; the last a small monkey on a peach, together with a bone manju in the shape of a chrysanthemum flower, 5cm max. (6)

Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.