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NETSUKE
Property from an English Private Collection
(Lots 1-8)

1* 5*

A SMALL WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OX AND GOAT A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO PUPPIES
By Kokei, Kuwana, Ise Province, Edo period (1615-1868), By Kano Tomokazu, Gifu, Mino Province, Edo period (1615-1868),
early 19th century 19th century
The ox recumbent, its head turned to the left as the goat clambers Playing, one rolling the other onto its back and biting its ear, the
onto its back, naturalistically carved in well-toned wood; signed Kokei. himotoshi passing between their bodies, the wood dark stained
3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide. and the eyes inlaid in pale translucent horn with dark pupils;
signed in an oval reserve Tomokazu.
£800 - 1,200 3.8cm (1½in) wide.
JPY110,000 - 170,000
US$990 - 1,500 £800 - 1,200
JPY110,000 - 170,000
2* US$990 - 1,500

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A MASK BOX 6*
By Tametaka, Nagoya, Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The tasselled box of deep rectangular form, with a mask of Okina A WOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL ON REISHI FUNGUS
on the cover, which opens to reveal a later carved scene of actors By Suzuki Tokoku (1846-1913), Tokyo, Meiji era (1868-1912),
in a room; signed Kinjonan Tametaka with a kao. late 19th century
3.8cm (1½in) high. The small snail, fashioned from horn, slithering over a large head
of reishi fungus with two further growths at the side and beneath,
£800 - 1,200 naturalistically rendered in dark-stained wood; signed Tokoku saku.
JPY110,000 - 170,000 3.8cm (1½in) wide.
US$990 - 1,500
£1,000 - 1,500
3* JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A HARE
By Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, Edo period (1615-1868), For a somewhat similar example by Tokoku, see Marie-Thérѐse
19th century Coullery and Martin S. Newstead, The Baur Collection: Netsuke
Seated, its head lowered and turned to the left, its large ears folded (Selected Pieces), Geneva, 1977, p.299, no.C899.
back and its legs drawn in for compactness, the wood slightly worn
and the eyes inlaid in pale translucent horn; signed Masanao. 7*
3.8cm (1½in) wide.
AN AMUSING WOOD NETSUKE OF A MAN
£800 - 1,200 By Kokeisai Sansho (1871-1926), Osaka, Meiji (1868-1912)
JPY110,000 - 170,000 or Taisho (1912-1926) era, early 20th century
US$990 - 1,500 Lying on his back, holding his legs up and clutching a mask of Okame
with his feet, his head movable and with a sweat band knotted around
4* his crown, the wood lightly stained and the eyes inlaid; signed Sansho
with a kao.
A WOOD NETSUKE OF AN OX 6cm (2 3/8in) high.
By Kano Tomokazu, Gifu, Mino Province, Edo period (1615-1868),
19th century £2,000 - 2,500
Lying with its head slightly raised and turned to the left, its legs JPY280,000 - 340,000
drawn in for compactness, its hind legs forming the himotoshi and US$2,500 - 3,100
a rope halter passing over its back, the wood slightly worn and the
eyes inlaid in pale translucent horn with dark pupils; signed in an
oval reserve Tomokazu.
4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide.

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

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