IKKO: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A MONKEY WITH YO... Lot n° 40

By Ikko, signed Ikko 一光 Japan, Nagoya, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) The pale wood lightly stained and finely carved to depict an adult female monkey caressing her young, pulling on one of its feet, while the young exclaims. The eyes of the pair are double inlaid in pale and dark horn, and the hairwork is finely incised. Natural himotoshi and signed in a characteristic eye-shaped reserve - IKKO. HEIGHT 3.5 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Provenance: Old Viennese private collection, collection no. 63, acquired at the auction house Dorotheum, Vienna, November 1991.