Project Description
Boxwood Netsuke of a Monkey with Citrus Fruit by Tanaka Minko
The monkey sits grasping a huge fruit between its legs and arms, pulling back the skin to reveal the flesh within. The eye pupils are small inlaid studs of metal. The ears are most distinctive, hardly protruding and deeply excavated
Signed beneath. Tsu. Circa 1800
Height 3.3cm
MR4275
