**SOLD** Boxwood Netsuke of a Monkey in a Chestnut by Shugasai Toyokazu

Boxwood Netsuke of a Monkey in a Chestnut by Shugasai Toyokazu

The cracked and broken shell revealing the monkey’s head, left and right leg which protrude from the opening. Eyes are double inlaid in dark and light horn

Signed: kazu/ichi. Tamba. Circa 1850

3.7 cm across

Provenance:

Raymond and Frances Bushell, Tokyo and San Fancisco

Since in two US collections

MR4866