Lot 930 D‡α

An ivory netsuke of the twelve zodiacal animals. Late 19th century

An ivory netsuke of the twelve zodiacal animals, the horse with a rat on top at the centre, surrounded by a standing ox, a rooster, a hare, a reclining boar with a snake, a puppy surmounted by a dragon, a monkey and tiger, and a goat underneath the ox. Late 19th century.
Height 2.7 cm