Rensai ivory and coral netsuke

N53 / L29

Ivory in the form of a cape gooseberry bursting open to reveal the fruit which is coral.

Japan, 19th century
Signed: Ren (Ishikawa Rensai), Asakusa (signed in raised seal form)
Provenance: G. Moss
Published: Item 70 (netsuke) 'In Search of Netsuke and Inro' by George A. Cohen.

Ojime: Metal ojime of a fly on a bean.
Seal: Not known
Provenance: J Katchen