A JAPANESE BOXWOOD TONKOTSU , OJIME AND EN SUITE MONKEY NETSUKE BY MITSUKUNI MEIJI ERA, 19TH CENTURY The surface of the tobacco box carved with many primates in a leafy peach tree, the animals depicted in a variety of poses picking up the fruits, with details inlaid in mother of pearl, bone and other materials, the lid carved to the inside with another monkey carrying a fruiting branch, signed Mitsukuni in a mother of pearl rectangular cartouche; attached to a large ojime and a netsuke modelled as a monkey tenderly holding her infant, the primates with eyes inlaid in horn, the netsuke also signed Mitsukuni, the tonkotsu 9.8cm. * This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate, Ref. No. J7445XHJ.