South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Online-Only Auction, 14 - 19 November 2018
Oriental Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 5 863
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, 4,8cm high; and another, of a standing sumo wrestler carved with his kesho-mawashi, signed, 5,4cm high
*This lot is not suitable for export
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