An ivory netsuke of the three wise monkeys, also known as sanbiki saru, shown here as a large monkey with two of its young. The larger monkey is holding the mouth of the young monkey on his shoulder and the eyes of the other child to his left. In return, they are holding his ears, thus completing the representation of the three wise monkeys, which embody the proverbial principle of ‘speak no evil’, ‘hear no evil’ and ‘see no evil’. A charming and unusual netsuke with a beautiful patina and good, large himotoshi to the reverse.

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Subject:

Animal

Material:

Ivory

Age/Country:

18th Century

Artist:

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Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

66mm mm

Width:

mm

Depth:

mm

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