A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
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Comprising; A grazing horse (uma), ivory, height 4,7 cm, signed. A fish that is swallowing a small dog, ivory, lenght 3,6 cm, signed Masanao?. Clam shell, partly broken with a Hermit crab inside, watched by a horned turtle on top, lenght 4,5 cm, unsigned. A Peach with a spider and a fly, height 3,6 cm, not signed. A tiger, bone, height 3 cm. A tiger, ivory, height 4,2 cm, unsigned. A seated figure of a monkey, height 3,2 cm, bone, unsigned. A clamb with a rat on top of it, height 4 cm, bone.
One with a chip, some cracks due to dryness of material. Slightly yellowed.
Provenance
A Swedish Private Collection of Snuff bottles and Netsukes. G. Held.
More information
The horse is a symbol of endurance and virility. It is also the seventh animal in the Zodiac, represents the hours between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m and the month of May.