Project Description
Ivory Netsuke of Two Monkeys by Okatori
A male and female huddled side by side, she picking a flea. The eyes are inlaid in pale horn
Signed. Kyoto, circa 1790
Length: 4.5 cm
Provenance:
M.T. Hindson, lot 210 in the Sotheby’s London sale
Since in a private French collection
Information:
It is worth reading Meinertzhagen on how good a carver Okatori was (‘MCI’ p. 622), a point not lost on this collector who owned five netsuke by him
MR2912
