Katalognummer: NE0920-179 MASAMITSU: AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A SWARM OF RATS WITH DARUMA DOLL By Masamitsu, signed Masamitsu 正 光 Japan, Tokyo, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) A classic model for this well-known artist who specialized in dense groups of animals, mostly rats. Eleven rats swarm around a stern-faced daruma doll, holding a hossu. The rats are all depicted in different attitudes, scurrying around, or fighting each other, some of them entering and exiting through torn holes in the doll. All eyes are inlaid in dark, lustrous horn. Signature on the flat base MASAMITSU next to the himotoshi. HEIGHT 2.9 cm Condition: Very good condition. Amazingly, all the inlaid eyes remain intact. Provenance: British private estate. Schätzpreis 估價: € 1.000 Startpreis 起拍價: € 500 -
Katalognummer: NE0920-179 MASAMITSU: AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A SWARM OF RATS WITH DARUMA DOLL By Masamitsu, signed Masamitsu 正 光 Japan, Tokyo, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) A classic model for this well-known artist who specialized in dense groups of animals, mostly rats. Eleven rats swarm around a stern-faced daruma doll, holding a hossu. The rats are all depicted in different attitudes, scurrying around, or fighting each other, some of them entering and exiting through torn holes in the doll. All eyes are inlaid in dark, lustrous horn. Signature on the flat base MASAMITSU next to the himotoshi. HEIGHT 2.9 cm Condition: Very good condition. Amazingly, all the inlaid eyes remain intact. Provenance: British private estate. Schätzpreis 估價: € 1.000 Startpreis 起拍價: € 500 -
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