NETSUKE: SARUMAWASHI.
Japan. Edo period. Early 19th c.

Ivory with finely carved and engraved; stained details. Beautiful; golden-yellow patina. Sarumawashi sitting; one leg erect and sleeping with his head tilted left; while a small monkey on his back is trying to free itself from the rope. Height 3.1cm. Signed: Rantei; cf. MCI p. 640-645. Condition A/B. Age cracks.

Provenance:
-Collection Karl M. Schwarz; ill. Netsuke Subjects; 1992; no. 275.

Please note that objects made of ivory; rhinoceros horn and turtle shell; due to Cites regulations can only be sold within the European Community. At present the export in third countries is prohibited.
Art trade; Van Ham.