Okimono - Elephant ivory - Les hommes au coq. Signé Toshikazu école de Tokyo - Japan - 19th century
Ivory okimono of two men, one sitting holding a rooster, the other standing and smoking his kiseru and holding the kisurutsu and tobako ire with a netsuke with a human face, a chick is sitting on the edge of the basket and a second chick is at the bottom of the basket on the ground. Heavy patina, small missing piece on the base. Signature under the base, Toshikazu, Tokyo school, Japan, Meiji period circa 1890. Height: 14 cm
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Ivory okimono of two men, one sitting holding a rooster, the other standing and smoking his kiseru and holding the kisurutsu and tobako ire with a netsuke with a human face, a chick is sitting on the edge of the basket and a second chick is at the bottom of the basket on the ground. Heavy patina, small missing piece on the base. Signature under the base, Toshikazu, Tokyo school, Japan, Meiji period circa 1890. Height: 14 cm