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JAPANESE WORKS OF ART
NETSUKE AND OKIMONO
PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF ITARU INA
2476Y Ф 2480Y Ф 2483Y Ф
A STAINED IVORY NETSUKE A GROUP OF ONE MANJU AND TWO AN IVORY AND WOOD NETSUKE OF
Edo period, 18th/early 19th century KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE DAIKOKU’S MALLET
Carved and incised as humorous tiger Edo period/Meiji era, 19th century By Akishige, 19th/early 20th century
reclining with its head turned back towards The first a two-section manju netsuke The dark-stained wood body with the circular
its long curving tail, the striped coat and facial of bronze with gold and silver accents, ends of cintamani form rendered in colored
details heightened with dark stain, inlaid eyes, decorated in raised relief and shishiaibori ivory inlay, further stained and carved ivory
signed Tomotaka (handling wear). with Gama Sennin seated with his toad, the employed for the handle, top decoration and
2 5/8in (6.6cm) long reverse inscribed konnen nanajuroku-sai a small rat climbing up one side, the handle
$1,500 - 2,500 Sekijoken, sealed Motozane; the next two signed Akishige in seal script.
with ivory bowls fitted with bronze plates, 1 5/8in (4.1cm) high
2477Y Ф one with a mixed metal takazogan depiction $1,000 - 1,500
TWO STAINED IVORY FIGURAL of Jo and Uba amusing themselves, the
NETSUKE other plate with a hirazogan design of Other examples of this artist’s work illustrated
Edo period/Meiji era, 19th century dragonfly and ivy fence (wear). in George Lazarnick, Netsuke & Inro Artists
The first of a toad resting on the side of a 2 1/4, 2 1/8 and 2 1/4in (5.6, 5.3 and (Honolulu, 1981), p. 294.
discarded water bucket, with inlaid nail-heads 5.5cm) diameters
and details picked out in black pigment, $1,200 - 1,800 PROPERTY FROM THE EMMANUEL
signed Masanao; the second depicting Hotei GRAN FAMILY COLLECTION
attempting to dislodge a karako from his PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO
treasure sack, the incised details heightened COLLECTION 2484
with dark stain, signed Tomokazu (some A LACQUERED WOOD MASK NETSUKE
handling wear). 2481Y Ф Attributed to Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891)
1 1/8 and 1 1/4in (2.7 and 3.1cm) long A STAINED IVORY NETSUKE Depicting Okame with dimpled cheeks, full
$1,000 - 1,500 By Mistuhiro, 19th century red lacquered lips and gilt moth-eyebrows
Carved and incised as a leafy branch above gilt eyes, the silver-lacquered face
2478Y Ф suspending a ripe loquat, the details framed by tresses of black lacquer, the
A STAINED IVORY MANJU IVORY enhanced with dark stain, signed Mitsuhiro. reverse signed Zeshin.
NETSUKE 2 1/8in (5.3cm) long 1 3/4in (4.4cm) long
Edo period, 19th century $800 - 1,200 $1,000 - 1,500
Fashioned as a brocade ball with a well-
hollowed interior, the sides with three Similar examples and a long biography of PROPERTY FROM THE XANADU
shishiaibori reserves of a tiger or karako in the artist published in George Lazarnick’s GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO,
a landscape, the details picked out in dark Netsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their CALIFORNIA
stain, the detachable center plug carved with Signatures, Honolulu, 1982, pp. 775-781.
a single character rendered in archaic script 2485Y Ф
(hairline cracks). PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF AN IVORY NETSUKE OF WRESTLERS
1 5/8in (4.2cm) diameter EMMANUEL GRAN, BY DESCENT Edo period, 19th century
$1,000 - 1,500 Of two sumo wrestlers, one lifting his opponent
2482Y Ф off the ground, each with intense expressions
2479Y Ф AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A BEAR and with brocade-patterned ‘aprons’ (kesho-
A GROUP OF ONE WOOD AND TWO By Mitsuhiro, 19th century mawashi) over their fundoshi, the incised
IVORY NETSUKE An abstract rendering of the head and details heightened with dark stain (some wear).
Edo period/Meiji era, 19th century body rendered in frontal pose, signed on 3 1/8in (8.2cm) high
The first a boxwood mask of Okame with the rear Mitsuhiro. $2,000 - 3,000
finely incised details, signed Kameyama 2in (5cm) long
(minor dents), the second an ivory mask $2,000 - 3,000 2486Y Ф
also featuring Okame, with incised details AN IVORY FIGURAL NETSUKE
picked out in dark stain and signed Ryu[sa] Edo period, early 19th century
(handling wear), the last a reticulated carving Of a Chinese scholar-official standing to the
of minogame and a pair of cranes set against front of a horse with its head lowered, all
flowering trees, signed Kagetoshi. supported on an oval plinth, dark pigment
1 1/2, 1 1/2 and 1 3/8in (3.9, 3.7 and accents, good patina (some details worn).
3.5cm) long 1 5/8in (4.1cm) high
$800 - 1,200 $600 - 800
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