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λ TWO JAPANESE INLAID WOOD NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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One depicting a butterfly, the wings with details picked out in lacquer and inlaid with mother of pearl and ivory in
Shibayama style, the other of a low table laden with treasures including Daikoku’s mallet, with details in gilt, lacquer and
ivory, a large branch of coral in the centre, signed Kogyoku underneath, 5.3cm and 5.4cm respectively. (2)
£800-1,200
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.

380
λ THREE JAPANESE MIXED MATERIALS NETSUKE
EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18 AND 19 CENTURY
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The first in lacquered wood and ivory and carved as Daruma, the Father of Zen Buddhism with spectacles and absorbed
in the book opened before him; the second of a monkey examining a beetle on a persimmon with a magnifying glass, in
ivory and with the insect inlaid, signed Shomin / Masatami in a rectangular reserve underneath; the third of a large tanuki
with its young, with long grasses inlaid in stained ivory and horn to the back, signed Togyoku, 5cm max. (3)
£600-1,000
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.

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