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Posted 9 years ago
Westside66
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Carved with incredible detail and colour in Ivory, sure they are japanese.
Could be Meiji period ???
There are 8 of them in the set.
larger ones are 30mm diameter
Smaller are 21mm diameter
Its very difficult to value such rare items as i've never seen anything like them on the market.
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Those are incredible! If they are Japanese, I would assume they are Japanese macaques.
http://www.earthlyadornments.com/antique-japanese-scrimshaw-ivory-button-with-monkey-face-btiv101.html
Westside what exceptional and fabulous buttons these are. And a set!
Well found Efesgirl.
Agree with all of you, friends :-)
Wonderful set and the expressions of the monkeys are so lively!
Love!!!
Thanks everyone for your helpful comments -
Hi! Are these for sale? I am not a collector, but I am using interesting buttons for subjects in my fine art. If they are not for sale, would you consider giving me permission to use the photos here as a source to create a painting on canvas? Thank you for your consideration!!! These are VERY cool!!
These are fabulous. I'd love to know what goes into figuring out which monkey goes where on a garment.
excellent meijji , if you want to buy raise your mortgage