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77 Y Ф 80 Y Ф
THREE IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE AN IVORY NETSUKE OF KINTARO
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century School of Ohara Mitsuhiro, Osaka, Edo period (1615-1868),
The first the Chinese poet Li Bai reclining against a large jar and drinking 19th century
from a stemmed cup, his robe engraved with ferns, signed Anrakusai, The boy hero standing with one foot on an overturned wild boar
4.5cm (1¾in) wide; the second Raijin and his son at work on a large preparing to dispatch it, forming a compact composition in typically
thunder drum, with inlaid studs, signed Hoshinsai, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide; stained and slightly worn ivory; inscribed in gourd-shaped reserve
the third five blind men walking in a circle, one holding an umbrella, Mitsuhiro. 3.8cm (1½in) high.
another with a large fan, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) wide. (3).
£1,500 - 2,000
£1,000 - 1,500 JPY230,000 - 300,000
JPY150,000 - 230,000 US$2,100 - 2,800
US$1,400 - 2,100
The work is somewhat in the style of Anrakusai, a maker from Osaka
78 Y Ф and a contemporary of Ohara Mitsuhiro.
AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A SEATED SAGE
By Hoshin, Kyoto, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century 81 Y Ф
Seated, smiling with one hand resting on his raised left knee as a
snake slithers around to his right, his robe engraved with scrolling AN IVORY NETSUKE OF EBISU AND DAIKOKU
By Ohara Mitsuhiro (1810-1875), Osaka,
flowers and the snake’s eyes inlaid; signed on the underside in an oval Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
reserve Hoshin. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide. Of compact form, Daikoku standing with a large sack on his back and
holding his mallet while Ebisu wrestles with a giant carp, the ivory lightly
£1,000 - 1,500 stained and the carp’s one visible eye of mother-of-pearl with dark pupil;
JPY150,000 - 230,000 signed Mitsuhiro with a poet-shaped kao. 3.8cm (1½in) high.
US$1,400 - 2,100
£1,500 - 2,000
Published JPY230,000 - 300,000
Frederick Meinertzhagen, MCI: The Meinertzhagen Card Index on US$2,100 - 2,800
Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum,, New York,
ALan R. Liss Inc., 1986, p.197. The kao as a suffix to the signature is the rarely seen one in the form
of a seated poet, as illustrated in George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro
Meinertzhagen opined that the work is “Probably a copy of the Artists and How to Read Their Signatures, Honolulu, Reed Publishers,
master’s work, made in the first half of the 19th century.” However, 1982, “d” on p.775.
the work shows features associated with netsuke produced in Kyoto
during the late 18th century, including the attitude of the sage and the
engraved robe designs similar to those adopted by Yoshinaga and 82 Y Ф
Yoshitomo, as well as a light natural patina giving an impression of A RARE IVORY SLAB NETSUKE
having been made in an earlier century. Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
Of irregular oval form, finely engraved in kebori with a lake scene,
showing temples and other buildings on rocky promontories, sailing
79 Y Ф boats and fishermen on the water and two poems above extolling the
AN IVORY NETSUKE OF YAMAUBA WITH THE BOY KINTOKI beauty of the Ama-no-hashidate Bridge, one in delicate sosho script,
By a member of the Kikugawa Family of Edo, the other in kanbun (classical Chinese), another poem on the reverse;
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century inscribed Wataoka-shi. 8.2cm (3¼in) high.
The woman reclining, leaning on one hand while clutching the wrist
of the young boy who climbs over her legs to join her, their robes
engraved with formal designs; signed in an oval reserve Kikugawa. £1,000 - 1,500
5.4cm (2 1/8in) wide. JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100
£800 - 1,200
JPY120,000 - 180,000 The work shows affinities with some of the work of Gansui of Iwami
US$1,100 - 1,700 Province and of Ichimuken Nanka and Nanyo of Izumi Province. The
engraved scene depicts the Ama-no-hashidate, a pine-clad sandbar
which spans the mouth of Miyazu Bay in northern Kyoto Prefecture
Provenance and is ranked as one of the most scenic views in Japan.
T. E. Beddard collection, sold at Christie’s, London,
14 April 1969, lot 53.
83 Y Ф
AN IVORY OKIMONO STYLE NETSUKE
OF SHOKI AND AN ONI (DEMON)
By Chikuyosai Tomochika, Edo period (1615-1858), late 19th century
The demon-queller standing, ferociously pulling the face of a large
captured oni who falls back at his feet, his robe engraved with
scattered scrolling foliage and the ivory lightly stained; signed in an
oval reserve Chikuyosai. 7.9cm (3 1/8in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100

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