£1,500
A JAPANESE CARVED WOOD OKIMONO OF A PYRAMID OF RATS, SIGNED MASAYOSHI, 19TH CENTURY. A litter of fifteen rats of various sizes clambering over each other, the largest holding a bean pod. With inlaid horn eyes. Signed to the underside Masayoshi. Probably Unhodo Masayoshi, Edo period (1615-1868). 7.6cm tall. Ref: For a similar but larger carving, see 'Snow, Sex and Spectacle Japanese Art Across Six Centuries' Sale, London 13 May 2021, LOT 96. Provenance: From a private English collection.
Crack to the largest tailed rat at base.
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