THE JAPANESE COLLECTION

Masatami ivory netsuke

NL22 / L22

Ivory of an eagle clawing a monkey who, one discovers, is holding the eagle's missing eye.

Japan, 19th century
Signed: Masatami

Published: Item 69 (netsuke) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.

Ojime: Ivory lacquered in red and black with a design of leaves.