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SEVEN JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF FIGURES
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Depicting men engaged in various activities, two polishing mirrors, one
carving a mask, another sharpening a sickle, together with a horn netsuke of
a man with a basket seated on a tree stump, some with signatures including
Masayuki, Hokei and Shoju, 4.2cm max. (8)
£400-600
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.

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EIGHT JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF DARUMA
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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The Father of Zen Buddhism depicted in a variety of positions, two stretching
and yawning after waking up from nine years of meditation, the others in the
typical rounded doll shape without visible limbs, one with a movable face
which becomes Okame and an oni, another with mother of pearl eyes, some
with signatures including Jugyoku and Minko, 6.2cm max. (8)
£400-600
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.

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NINE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF LEGENDARY FIGURES
EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18 CENTURY AND LATER
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Variously depicting figures from Buddhist myths and other legends, including:
Shoki the Demon Queller and an oni; two netsuke of nio restringing sandals;
Kanzan and Jittoku examining a scroll; Binzuru Rakan resting with his pet
tiger; Heikuro Masatora slaying the boar; one of a warrior holding a shoe
and the remaining two carved as sennin, some with signatures including
Ryugyoku, Yoshinaga, Itsumin and Suketada, 4.5cm max. (9)
£400-600
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.

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