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412 A large stag antler manjû-type netsuke of a tiger and 413 A rare wooden kagamibuta. 19th century
dragon. 19th century
The circular domed disc carved in relief with Hotei sitting
Of nearly round shape, carved with a tiger crouching on in his bag, holding a tama in his left hand and a karako
a huge rock, face to face with a winding dragon emerging carved in relief at the edge of the bowl. A staff and a
from the hollows of the same rock. Chinese-style fan (uchiwa) carved to the reverse.
Diameter 4.9 cm Signed Tamagawa Toyonobu saku kore.
Diameter 3.1 cm
Provenance
Purchased from Offermann & Schmitz, Cologne, at the Provenance
Deutsche Kunst- und Antiquitätenmesse, Munich, 1971 Gift from Grete Damm, Munich, May 1981
Coll. no. 828 (printed)
€ 500 – 700
€ 800 – 1.000

414 Two kagamibuta. Mid-19th century 415 Three ivory ojime, one wood ojime and one miniature
ivory nioibin. 19th century
The disc a) cast, depicting Kumagai Naozane or Taira
Atsumori on horseback, the details accentuated in gold and a) In shape of a monkey, b) in shape of a seated and pensive
copper, and b) of shibuichi and iroe-takazôgan depicting oni, c) a nioibin in shape of a double gourd with takaramo-
Kinko Sennin amidst waves. Both bowls of ivory. Cracks. no in Shibayama-type inlay, d) in shape of Daruma, and
(2) e) spherical, carved with two cranes in a landscape. (5)
Diameter a) 4.3 cm; b) 4.4 cm Height a) 1.8 cm; b) 2.6 cm; c) 2.9 cm; d) 1.9 cm; e) 1.5 cm

Provenance Provenance
a) Purchased from the estate of Dr. Franz Weber, Vienna; a) Purchased from Alexander Pollmer, Munich, coll. no. 966
coll. no. 653 (handwritten); b) purchased from Alexander (printed); b) coll. no. 790 (handwritten); c) coll. no. 687
Pollmer, Munich, 1974; two labels each with coll. no. 788 (printed and handwritten); d) purchased from Alexander
(handwritten). Pollmer, Munich, August 1975, coll. no. 859 (handwritten)
€ 400 – 600 € 500 – 700

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