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                                             TWO WOOD NETSUKE,                SIX WOOD NETSUKE
                                             A PIPECASE AND PIPE              Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century
                                             Edo period (1615-1868),          Comprising: a tall figure of a Chinese general
                                             late 18th to 19th century        holding his beard, unsigned, 10.2cm (4in)
                                             The first a Dutchman bending down to tie the   high; a peddler with a creature on his box of
                                             lace of one shoe, the wood bearing traces of   wares, a boy at his side, unsigned, 6cm (2
                                             gold lacquer, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) high;   3/8in) high; a partly lacquered priest beating
                                             the second of two Yamabushi priests, one   a large mokugyo (wooden gong), unsigned,
                                             standing, a large oi (travelling pack) on his   5.7cm (2¼in) high; another of a man holding
                                             back, while the other sits on the ground at his   a closed fan, unsigned, 5.1cm (2in) high;
                                             back, signed Ikko, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high; the   a helmet maker polishing a helmet bowl,
                                             senryu-zutsu pipecase in the form of Daruma   unsigned, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high; and a kabuto
             13                              stretching and standing on a drum, unsigned,   (helmet) of 16-plate sujibachi type, inscribed
                                             20.3cm (8in) long; containing a bamboo and   Hidari Issan, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide. (6).
                                             gilt metal pipe, unsigned. (4).
                                                                              £1,000 - 1,500
                                             £1,000 - 1,500                   JPY150,000 - 230,000
                                             JPY150,000 - 230,000             US$1,400 - 2,100
                                             US$1,400 - 2,100

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