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FOUR EARLY IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE AN IVORY NETSUKE AN IVORY NETSUKE OF JUROJIN
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century OF DUTCHMEN IN A BOAT Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
The first of Shoki with an angry expression Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century Seated, leaning to the right, smiling as he
standing on one foot, one hand held aloft Consisting of two Dutchmen seated holds a large fan aloft, his robe engraved
holding his broad sword with the other, beneath the woven canopy of a dragon- with formalised clouds and waves, the
unsigned, 10.8cm (4¼in) high; the second a prowed boat being rowed by two boatmen, somewhat worn ivory with a good patina;
sage standing on one foot, crying out and with while another foreigner climbs out from unsigned.
a broad hat on his back, unsigned, 7.3cm (2 beneath the canopy at the stern, the 6cm (2 3/8in) high.
7/8in) high; the third a sage holding a small somewhat worn ivory of a good tone
monkey on his shoulder, unsigned, 8.3cm and the dragon’s pupils inlaid; unsigned. £800 - 1,000
(3¼in) high; the fourth of Hotei smiling and 8.9cm (3½in) wide. JPY110,000 - 140,000
holding his large sack on his back, unsigned, US$990 - 1,200
6cm (2 3/8in) high. (4). £800 - 1,000
JPY110,000 - 140,000 41 Y Ф
£800 - 1,200 US$990 - 1,200 AN IVORY NETSUKE OF A SENNIN
JPY110,000 - 170,000 Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century
US$990 - 1,500 39 Y Ф Standing, crying out, one hand held to his
AN IVORY NETSUKE face while holding a large peach containing
37 Y Ф OF A SEATED ASCETIC a diminutive figure of a sage reading a hand
THREE EARLY IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE Edo period (1615-1868), 18th century scroll, the ivory slightly worn and with a
Edo period (1615-1868), Carved in tobori (Chinese style), seated good patina; unsigned.
18th/early 19th century on a large rock, facing ahead in a 8.9cm (3½in) high.
The first of Ebisu standing with one foot on contemplative manner, his hands resting
a large fish and holding a creel with one hand, his sides, the ivory somewhat worn and £1,000 - 1,500
signed Minzan, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high; the with a fine patina; unsigned. JPY140,000 - 210,000
second of Ota Dokan, standing, facing ahead 5.7cm (2¼in) wide. US$1,200 - 1,900
and holding a mountain rose and a basket,
unsigned, 6cm (2 3/8in) high; the third a £800 - 1,000 Similar netsuke, describing the figure as
fisherman crying out as he sprawls over a large JPY110,000 - 140,000 Tobosaku, are illustrated in Bernard Hurtig,
clam, one of his hands caught in the jaws of US$990 - 1,200 Masterpieces of Netsuke Art: One Thousand
the shell, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) wide. (3). Favorites of Leading Collectors, Tokyo
and New York, Weatherhill, 1973, p.198,
£1,000 - 1,500 nos.819 and 821.
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900
20 | 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.
