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Stag Antler Obi-Hasami Netsuke Carved as a Monkey by Ozaki Kokusai.
The head of the monkey carved with a broad knowing grin as it holds one hand suggestively in front of its groin as if to grasp a large member. Its feet curl improbably to hold the bottom of the obi.
Signed with a seal koku. Tokyo. Circa 1870.
Height: 11.3 cm.
Provenance:
Reputedly from the Anne Hull Grundy collection.
Emiel Veranneman.
Private collection, Milan.
Literature:
A. Ducros, Netsuke & Sagemono 2, p. 63, no. 75.
Bulletin Association Franco-Japonaise, September 1997, p. 29.
Eskenazi, Japanese netsuke, ojime and inro from a private European collection [Veranneman], no. 236.
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., More Things in Heaven and Earth, no. 79.
Dimensions
Height: 11.3 cmStock number
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