A boxwood carve netsuke of a group of mushrooms and a red lacquer netsuke depicting two embracing monkeys

Description:

Japan, the Mushroom group netsuke signed ‘Naomitsu’, 19th century / Meiji period
L. 6,5 cm/ L. 3,5 cm
Old Southern German private collection; the mushroom group with collection no. 7212 was acquired in March 1978 under no. 98/904 from Helmuth Laudenbach (a copy of the description is available) - Minor signs of use, a short filled hairline crack to one mushroom