λ EIGHT JAPANESE NETSUKE OF BIRDS

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Four carved as sparrows, the largest inscribed Masanao underneath; one a large cockerel standing on a broom, another a gull with reticulated wings opening to reveal the himotoshi; a stylised duck of geometrical shape inscribed Shitsuichi and a small quail on a branch of millet, together with a small netsuke of a bat, some with signatures, 6.4.cm max. (9)

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

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