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A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A SNAIL
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Emerging from its shell and bending back to the top, realistically carved with its ocular tentacles fully extended, the himotoshi underneath formed by its fleshy
tail, 4cm.
£500-800

375
THREE JAPANESE STAG ANTLER CARVINGS, NETSUKE AND
OJIME
EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 18 CENTURY AND LATER
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All three carved as shishi, one lion dog resting against a rock, a moveable ball
in its mouth, another with its front paws on a large brocade ball, the smallest
on a small oblong base, 4.5cm max. (3)
£300-500
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.

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FIVE JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF SEAFARERS
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Two carved as a fisherman whose loincloth is trapped in a
giant bivalve; two others depicting Benkei blowing in a conch
shell, the last an unusual depiction of a mermaid with her
children, one clambering over her tail and the other suckling
at her teat, some with signatures including Masakazu,
Tomokazu and Kizan / Yoshiyama, 5.3cm max. (5)
£300-500
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence
by descent.

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