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383 Three boxwood netsuke. 19th century

a) A peasant carrying two captured oni in his
big bag, b) a blind man with a staff, the eye
pupil of black horn, and c) a karako playing
with a monkey, signed Issai. (3)
Height a) 3.9 cm; b) 4.6 cm; c) 3.1 cm
Provenance
a) Through Grete Damm, Munich, October
1982; coll. no. 528 (handwritten); b) through
Grete Damm, Munich, May 1982; coll. no. 535
(handwritten); c) coll. no. 725 (printed and
handwritten)

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€ 400 – 500

384 Three ivory netsuke. 19th century
a) A sleeping sarumawashi and a monkey
reaching for the trainer’s basket, chipped,
b) an upright standing monkey with a funny
mask and bells, signed Gyokusai, and c) a
monkey leaning against a peach. Restored (3)
Height a) 2.1 cm; b) 4.6 cm; c) 2.4 cm

Provenance
a) Purchased from Helmut Laudenbach,
Berg, 22.2.1985; coll. no. 497 (handwritten);
b) purchased from Ohmura, Hamburg,
December 1966; coll. no. 839 (handwritten);
c) purchased from Alexander Pollmer, Munich;
coll. no. 963 (printed and handwritten) 384
€ 400 – 700

385 Three boxwood netsuke. 19th century
a) A luckless rat catcher, the eye inlaid in bone,
signed Bunshûsai on a green-stained stag
antler tablet, b) a man polishing the character
‚kokoro’ (heart), and c) a cook preparing an eel,
inscribed. (3)
Height a) 4.2 cm; b) 3.1 cm; c) 3.4 cm

Provenance
a) Purchased from Alexander Pollmer, Munich,
September 1972; coll. no. 909 (printed and
handwritten); b) purchased from Ohmura,
Hamburg, February 1966; coll. no. 797
(handwritten); c) probably purchased from
Alexander Pollmer, Munich, 1975, coll. no. 974 385
(printed and handwritten)
€ 400 – 600

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