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λ FOUR JAPANESE NETSUKE OF DRAGONS
EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18 AND 19 CENTURY
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Two in ivory, the first of flattened form and depicted fast asleep, holding
a pearl of wisdom between its claws, signed Baikioku to the reverse; the
second in Asakusa School style, its body forming a ring and with a loose ball
in its mouth, signed Masakazu with kakihan; the third in wood, the beast
depicted coiling around a large double gourd; and the last in marine ivory, the
body of the dragon tightly interwoven, 7.3cm max. (4)
£600-1,000
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.
Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of
the British Museum, Part A, p.11, where a similar netsuke of a dragon by Baikioku
is illustrated and discussed, possibly this very piece.

383
λ THREE JAPANESE MANJU NETSUKE AND ONE KAGAMIBUTA
EDO PERIOD AND LATER, 19 CENTURY
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One manju carved as a chrysanthemum flower with a paulownia mon to
the centre; another a frog walking on its hind legs and holding an umbrella
under its arm; the third a grimacing man, the design possibly taken from
Hokusai’s Manga, signed Midori to the back; the lid of the kagamibuta with
chrysanthemum flowerheads and attached to a silver chain, 5cm max. (4)
£300-500

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λ A JAPANESE IVORY MANJU NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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The lid depicting a graceful tennin, the celestial being floating with her long
robes swirling around her and holding a reed flute, shô, the reverse with a
single lotus bud and signed Minkoku, 4.5cm. (2)
£200-300

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