An umimatsu (sea-pine) netsuke of a long-armed monkeyBy Ganko, Iwami Province, late 18th/early 19th centurySeated with its legs folded up to its chest and clasped by its left hand, its right arm outstretched to the side, the umimatsu of pronounced grain and the eyes inlaid, signed Ganko to (carved by Ganko). 12.6cm (5in) wide.注脚海松彫根付　手長猿　銘 「翫古刀」　18世紀後期/19世紀前期Provenance: H. A. Gunther Collection, no.149.M. T. Hindson Collection.Victor Topper Collection.Donald Mendelson Collection.Published:Hull Grundy, NCIS, fig.93.Hurtig, MNA, no.695.Davey, MTH, p.249, no.769.Meinertzhagen, MCI, vol.1, p.67.Rokusho 20, p.65, no.91.Earle, Huthart, p.380, no.355.