A WOOD OKIMONO (TABLE ORNAMENT) OF A SARUMAWASHI (MONKEY TRAINER) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19...

A WOOD OKIMONO (TABLE ORNAMENT) OF A SARUMAWASHI (MONKEY TRAINER) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Standing, wearing a tenugui (towel) tied around his head and waraji (straw sandals), affixed to an unrelated circular stand, clutching a tsuzumi (hand drum) in one hand and looking over his shoulder, with a persimmon held teasingly out of reach from his mischievous pet monkey clambering over the cloth-wrapped parcel strapped on his back; unsigned . 21.5cm (8½in) high. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com