Project Description
Ivory Netsuke of a Monkey with Kaki, by Rantei
Seated clutching a large kaki fruit with its forepaws. The eye pupils are inlays of dark horn
Unsigned. Kyoto, circa 1780
Length: 4cm
Provenance:
Rolf Schmoll, Hamburg
Information:
Compare with the Tomotada in Red Cross, pl. XLVIII no. 36.
Literature:
Malcolm Fairley Japanese Works of Art, Netsuke from a Private European Collection, Part II, 2008, no. 10
MR1640