Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 6 March 2017
English Silver, Furniture, Oriental and Cape Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture
About this Item
A Japanese ivory netsuke of a rat catcher, Meiji period (1868-1912)
carved with a kneeling figure naked to the waist, his hands resting on a trap, his head turned to the left with mouth agape as a rat crawls over his left shoulder, signed, 3,3cm high; and another, of a fisherman attempting to open a clam, signed, 2cm high
* This lot is not suitable for export.
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