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λ TEN JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE λ ELEVEN JAPANESE WOOD, LACQUER AND IVORY NETSUKE
EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18 AND 19 CENTURY OF ENTERTAINERS
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Depicting figures engaged in various activities: one a hunter with his pet MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
monkey observing another primate fighting a rabbit with inlaid eyes; another Variously depicting itinerant manzai performers playing the drum, dancers,
a thwarted rat catcher; the third depicting two long-legged Ashinagas; the actors, one wearing a fox mask and another with a lion costume, two manju
fourth a man seated by a brazier; the fifth another trying to get a small dog carved as clusters of Noh masks, and other figures, some with signatures
out of a paper lantern; four standing figures, one naked, and the last, a man including Tomochika, Tomohisa, Ryomin and Tadachika, 4.5cm max. (6)
with a small tanuki on his back, some with signatures including Minkoku,
Jugyoku, Saneo and Tomochika, 7cm max. (10) £600-1,000
£500-1,000 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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MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18 AND 19 CENTURY
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Depicting figures engaged in a variety of activities: one an okimono-style Engaged in various activities, including Hotei, Daikoku and Fukurokuju, many
netsuke of three painters fighting with their brushes; another two boys carved with their divine attributes, and Daruma, the Father of Zen Buddhism,
playing with a frog and a turtle; a third carved as a mirror polisher; the others two signed Tomochika and the others Gyokuei and Kazumasa, 6cm max. (11)
depicting men at leisure or working, some with signatures including Tomohisa, £500-1,000
Gyokuzan, Gyokuji, Hidemasa, Hideaki, Ryuraku and Ryomin, 6.4cm max. (9)
£300-500 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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