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23 (part lot)
23 Y Ф 25 Y Ф 27 Y Ф
FIVE IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE TWO IVORY NETSUKE SIX IVORY NETSUKE
AND A WOOD OKIMONO By Rantei, Edo period (1615-1868), Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century 1912), 18th to 19th century
late 18th to late 19th century The first a badger sake seller, wearing a lotus Comprising: a monkey seated on the back of
The first sennin standing, holding a leaf hat, standing, facing ahead, holding a recumbent horse, inscribed Ran[..], 4.2cm (1
calligraphic scroll, unsigned, 12.7cm (5in) a sake jar with one hand, the eyes inlaid, 5/8in) wide; a resting actor eating and with a
high; the second a fisherman holding a large signed Rantei, 4.7cm (1 7/8in) high; the mask on the side of his head, signed Kisen with
fish over one shoulder, unsigned, 8.5cm (3 second of Benkei disguised as a Yamabushi a kao, 3.8cm (1½in) high; a half-naked foreigner
3/8in) high; the third a slender foreigner with priest, seated with one knee raised, his robe with a large pierced ball, unsigned, 4.2cm
one hand held to his chest, unsigned, 11cm (4 with formal designs, the pupils inlaid, signed (1 5/8in) high; a monkey-trainer, unsigned,
3/8in) high; the fourth a Chinese man standing Rantei, 3.9cm (1½in) high. (2). 6cm (2 3/8in) high; a boy with a fish banner
by a tall table, unsigned, 8.2cm (3¼in) high; seated beside a tsuitate (free-standing screen),
the fifth a naked man pulling up his fundoshi £1,000 - 1,500 unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) high; a boy with a large
(loincloth) with a cat at his feet, signed JPY150,000 - 230,000 sack, unsigned, 5.1cm (2in) wide.(6).
Tomomasa, 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high; the wood US$1,400 - 2,100
okimono a tall slender foreigner standing by a £800 - 1,200
rock inlaid with ivory shells, inscribed Itsumin, JPY120,000 - 180,000
14.5cm (5¾in) high. (6). 26 Y Ф US$1,100 - 1,700
FIVE IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE
£1,500 - 2,000 Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
JPY230,000 - 300,000 1912), 18th to late 19th century
US$2,100 - 2,800 The first a monkey trainer seated, while
his performing monkey sits on his head,
unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) wide; the second
24 Y Ф a Chinese sage, reclining and holding a
TWO IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE chrysanthemum, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in) high;
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868- the third an old man standing, holding a spray
1912), late 18th to late 19th century of flowers over his shoulder, with later added
The first a Dutchman seated, holding a large signature Yoshitomo, 8.2cm (3¼in) high; the
fan over his legs, the slightly worn ivory with fourth a Chinese man holding a chicken with
a good patina and his coat buttons inlaid, both hands, unsigned, 9.2cm (3 5/8in) high;
unsigned, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) high; the second of the fifth an entertainer holding a rattle and fan,
okimono type, depicting three shojo in a large inscribed Hidemasa, 7.6cm (3in) high. (5).
sake cup, signed Otogawa Yasuchika, 4.5cm
(1¾in) high. (2). £1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
£1,200 - 1,800 US$1,400 - 2,100
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,700 - 2,500
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
16 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.