Project Description
Stag Antler Obi-Hasami Netsuke Carved as a Monkey, circle of Ozaki Kokusai
The head of the monkey carved with a broad knowing grin as it holds one hand suggestively in front of its groin as if to grasp a large member. Its feet curl improbably to hold the bottom of the obi
Signed with a seal koku. Tokyo. Circa 1870
Height: 11.3 cm
Provenance:
Reputedly from the Anne Hull Grundy collection
Emiel Veranneman
Private collection, Milan
Literature:
A. Ducros, Netsuke & Sagemono 2, p. 63, no. 75
Bulletin Association Franco-Japonaise, September 1997, p. 29
Eskenazi, Japanese netsuke, ojime and inro from a private European collection [Veranneman], no. 236
Sydney L. Moss Ltd., More Things in Heaven and Earth, no. 79
MR3924