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FOUR IVORY NETSUKE OF MONKEYS AN IVORY NETSUKE AN IVORY NETSUKE
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century OF A QUAIL ON MILLET OF A RECUMBENT HORSE
The first a monkey seated, holding a Edo period (1615-1868), early 19th century Style of Naito Toyomasa of Sasayama,
mushroom, the pupils inlaid, unsigned, The bird seated on a cluster of seven millet Tanba Province, Edo period (1615-1868),
3.8cm (1½in) high; the second a young ape heads and pecking at the grains, several 19th century
crouching, its head turned to the right and the trailing leaves above and below, and part Lying with its head turned back to the left,
eyes inlaid, unsigned, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide; of the design forming a natural himotoshi, its forelegs bent as if about to rise and its tail
the third a monkey carrying a huge mushroom the rather worn ivory with a good patina; passing forward over the left flank; inscribed
and balancing on one foot, unsigned, 6.5cm unsigned. 6.3cm (2½in) wide. Toyomasa. 4.5cm (1¾in) wide.
(2 5/8in) high; the fourth the Sanbiki no Saru
(Three Mystic Apes), inscribed Minkoku, £800 - 1,000 £800 - 1,200
2.5cm (1in) high. (4). JPY120,000 - 150,000 JPY120,000 - 180,000
US$1,100 - 1,400 US$1,100 - 1,700
£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000 For a wood netsuke of a horse in a very similar
US$1,100 - 1,700 attitude by Naito Toyomasa, see Neil K. Davey,
Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on
the M. T. Hindson Collection, London, Faber
& Faber Limited London and Sotheby Parke
Bernet Publications, 1974, p.242, no.750.

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