Project Description
Lacquered wood netsuke of monkey and tortoise by Okatori
The monkey with one paw poised to grab the turtle’s head as and when it comes out of its shell
Signed: Okatori. Kyoto, circa 1820
3.1 cm
Provenance:
W.L. Behrens collection (no. 2881)
Thacher Clarke collection
Spink, London, 1960
Julius and Arlette Katchen, Paris
Information:
There is something rather special about wood netsuke lacquered in this way. I have previously sold a tiger by Okatori with similar lacquering
Literature:
Meinertzhagen Card Index, p. 623
Arlette Katchen, Netsuke 7, vol.1, p. 35, no. K195
Bonhams London, The Julius and Arlette Katchen Collection of Fine Netsuke: Part III, 6th May 2018, lot 79
MR2561