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λ FOUR JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF MONKEYS λ SEVEN JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18 AND 19 CENTURY
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One primate quizzically looking at a bug climbing on the fruit before it; One carved as a woman with her two children on horseback and with an
another eating a large persimmon; the third with its young and the last attendant to the side, another a boy playing the flute to a large ox lying
wrestling with a large eagle, two signed Masatomo and Tadamitsu, 5.2cm behind him, both signed Tomochika; a third depicting Chokaro Sennin’s horse
max. (4) emerging from his gourd, a movable ring around it; another a horse standing
in a tub of water, signed Ranmei; the fifth an ox on a rectangular base; the
£300-500 sixth a boy seated on the back of a small elephant; the last depicting three
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent. figures dressed as Westerners, observing a large elephant, the underside
carved as a seal; 5.1cm max. (7)
£400-600
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 B, p.891, where a netsuke of travellers on horseback by
Tomochika is illustrated, possibly this very piece.

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λ ELEVEN JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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One of Raijin, the God surrounded by clouds and taiko drums; another of a One large okimono-style netsuke carved as Tentoki holding a lantern; two
man surprised by two kappa signed Gyokuo; a third of an Immortal standing depicting oni; the fourth of Gamma Sennin with his pet toad and the fifth a
on a giant scroll; and eight of oni, the demons engaged in various activities, kappa grabbing the leg of a fisherman, signed Tomochika, 5.6cm max. (5)
some bearing signatures for Gyokuzan, Gyokuichi, Gyokko, Shogyoku, PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Hounsai, and Minkoku, 6.2cm max. (11)
£800-1,200 £200-300
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.

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