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SIX IVORY NETSUKE AN IVORY NETSUKE AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A SMALL RAT
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th century OF A DOG AND OCTOPUS By Ran’ichi, Edo period (1615-1868),
The first a grazing horse standing in a typical By Ikkosai, Edo, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
attitude, its head lowered to the left, unsigned, 19th century Seated, leaning forward and resting on mochi
6.4cm (2½in) high; the second a puppy with a The pup standing, its head turned to the left (rice cakes), the slightly worn ivory with a good
kemari (football), signed Ranmei, 3.5cm (3/8in) as it bites one tentacle of the giant octopus patina and the eyes inlaid; signed Ran’ichi.
wide; the third two horses, one recumbent attempting to escape, one trailing tentacle 3.2cm (1¼in) wide.
while the other stands over it, signed forming the himotoshi, the ivory of a good
Tomotane, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide; the fourth colour and the pupils inlaid; signed Ikkosai. £1,000 - 1,500
two boys opening Hotei’s sack revealing two 4.5cm (1¾in) high. JPY150,000 - 230,000
more boys within, unsigned, 5.7cm (2¼in) US$1,400 - 2,100
wide; the fifth five monkeys on a long rocky £1,500 - 2,000
base, signed Gyokuryusai kore o tsukuru, JPY230,000 - 300,000
7.3cm (2 7/8in) wide; the sixth a rat climbing US$2,100 - 2,800 103 Y Ф
into a large sack, unsigned, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A BIWA FRUIT
wide. (6). By Ohara Mitsuhiro (1810-1875), Osaka,
100 Y Ф Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
£1,000 - 1,500 AN IVORY NETSUKE Attached to a bifurcated stalk with a large
JPY150,000 - 230,000 OF A BADGER SAKE SELLER worm-eaten leaf trailing over the top, the
US$1,400 - 2,100 Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century ivory typically stained and with a good patina;
Wearing a lotus leaf hat, standing, facing signed in a double-gourd shaped reserve
ahead, holding a lotus leaf with one hand and Mitsuhiro with a kao. 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high.
98 Y Ф a gourd flask with the other, the slightly worn
AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A DOG AND PUP ivory with a good patina and the eyes inlaid, £1,500 - 2,000
By Tanenaga, Edo period (1615-1868), its bushy tail curling up over its back forming JPY230,000 - 300,000
19th century the himotoshi; unsigned. US$2,100 - 2,800
The former seated, its head lowered to the 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high.
right as the young pup rolls on its back
beneath, the slightly worn ivory of a good tone £1,000 - 1,500 For a similar example, see George Lazarnick,
and the eyes inlaid; signed Tanenaga. JPY150,000 - 230,000 Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read
3.8cm (1½in) wide. US$1,400 - 2,100 Their Signatures, Honolulu, Reed Publishers,
1982, p.781. The kao is that listed in
Lazarnick, ibid., “a” on p.775.
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000 101 Y Ф
US$1,400 - 2,100 AN IVORY NETSUKE 104 Y Ф
OF A RAT ON AN OPEN FAN AN IVORY OKIMONO NETSUKE
By Masatami, Edo period (1615-1868),
19th century OF TURTLES
By Ichimin, Edo period (1615-1868) or
The rodent recumbent, its tail trailing to one Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
side, resting on an open fan engraved with Comprising a shoal of turtles piling on top of
pine and prunus trees, the eyes inlaid; signed each other in a round rattan handled basket,
Masatami. 6cm (2 3/8in) wide. three clambering over the sides; signed on the
base in a rectangular reserve Ichimin.
£1,000 - 1,500 5.1cm x 5.5cm (2in x 2 1/8in).
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100 £1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 230,000
US$1,400 - 2,100

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