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22 Y Ф 25 Y Ф
THREE IVORY NETSUKE FIVE IVORY NETSUKE AND A MINIATURE INRO
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
The first a pleasure boat with a nobleman and boy attendant seated The first a baby boy seated, clapping his hands, signed Ryomin,
on the deck beneath a large canopy carved with a dragon and 4.5cm (1¾in) high; the second a seated skeleton, holding a lotus
clouds, signed beneath amid swirling water Ono Ryomin with a kao, bud over a huge human skull, signed Tadachika, 4.5cm (1¾in) wide;
3.8cm (1½in) wide; the second a temple bell, carved with studs and the third three yamabushi priests with a huge conch shell, unsigned,
geometric designs beneath a double dragon handle, signed Shuko 4.5cm (1¾in) high; the fourth two blind men on a base, signed Meiun,
no kizami, 4.5cm (1¾in) high; the third a man struggling beneath the 4.2cm (1 5/8in) high; the fifth of Hotei standing, holding a fly switch,
weight of an enormous double gourd, signed Masamine, unsigned, 5.1cm (2in) high; the miniature single-case ivory inro inlaid in
4.2cm (1 5/8in) high. (3). Shibayama style with chrysanthemums by a fence, unsigned,
2.8cm (1 1/8in) high. (6).
£800 - 1,000
JPY110,000 - 140,000 £1,000 - 1,500
US$990 - 1,200 JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900
Property from an Austrian Private Collection
(Lots 23-27) 26 Y Ф
SEVEN WOOD FIGURE NETSUKE
23 Y Ф Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th to mid-19th century
FIVE IVORY NETSUKE The first a kneeling reader, leaning forward and wearing an ivory fox
Edo period (1615-1868), early 18th to mid-19th century mask, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) high; the second a sanbaso dancer
The first a shishi seated, facing ahead, on an irregular base, unsigned, with an ivory head and feet, unsigned, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high; the third
3.8cm (1½in) wide; the second a shishi clambering around a large a baby boy seated with a sack on his back, signed Hozan, 4.2cm
rock, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) wide; the third a sage standing with (1 5/8in) high; the fourth a woodsman seated on a tree stump and
a large tiger on a triangular base, unsigned, 3.2cm (1¼in) wide; the with a bundle of brushwood on his back, signed Yoshinaga, 4.5cm
fourth a small boy holding down a large fish, unsigned, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) (1¾in) high; the fifth a Chinese sage, partly lacquered in Negoro style,
wide; the fifth a stag standing on a low mound base, unsigned, 3.8cm unsigned, 5.7cm (2¼in) high; the sixth a Nara ningyo of an actor
(1½in) wide. (5). wearing painted robes and an Okina mask, unsigned, 5.1cm (2in) high;
the seventh of similar type, an actor in the role of a shojo, unsigned,
£1,000 - 1,500 4.5cm (1¾in) high. (7).
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900 £1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000
24 Y Ф US$1,200 - 1,900
SIX IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
The first a sennin standing, holding a gourd on a line over his shoulder,
unsigned, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high; the second of Ono no Komachi as an
old woman, holding a poem slip before her, unsigned, 5.7cm (2¼in)
high; the third a Dutch woman holding a child and a wind instrument,
inscribed Yoshitomo, 5.1cm (2in) high; the fourth a female peasant
farmer with a heavily laden ox on a base, unsigned, 4.2cm (1 5/8in)
wide; the fifth a man standing on one foot, holding a sack over his
shoulder, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in) high; the sixth a man teetering on
one foot as he struggles to fasten his loincloth, unsigned,
6cm (2 3/8in) high. (6).
£1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900
14 | BONHAMS For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.
