A wood okimono of a monkey posing as a collector Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century An amusing model of a seated monkey, using a horn lorgnette to inspect an ivory netsuke of a monkey attached to a bronze tabako-ire (tobacco pouch), the tabako-ire with a plain gilt-metal ojime and gilt-metal mae-kanagu (clasp) in the form of a carp, the monkey's eyes inlaid in shell, signed in an inlaid rectangular red-lacquer tablet Sainin; with an unrelated wood stand. Overall: 21.1cm (8 5/16in) high; the monkey: 15.3cm (6in) high. (2).