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λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY EDO AND MEIJI PERIOD, 18 AND 19 CENTURY
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Depicting figures engaged in various activities, children playing, a sanbaso Variously depicting figures engaged in daily activities, one a fisherman with
dancer, and a tall oni carrying a smaller one on its back, some with signatures his catch, another a Chinese man with a large sack, a third a man holding a
including Gyokuhisai and Tamihisa, 4.5cm max. (5) placard, the fourth a scholar in a giant fruit writing with an oni next to him and
the fifth a shojo reclining on a large hat, together with a stag antler netsuke of
PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
two figures holding large bundles, some with signatures including Hozan and
£200-300 Masatsugu, 4.6cm max. (6)
£200-300
Provenance: an English private collection, Westminster.
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MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY MEIJI PERIOD, 19 CENTURY
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Depicting figures engaged in various activities, one carved as Jurojin resting Variously depicting figures and animals, fishermen and their catch, one Kinko
with his deer, another Daikoku hiding a daikon shaped as female legs under a Sennin riding his carp, signed Masatsugu, another carved as travellers on
blanket; a beauty standing, wearing a long kimono and holding a fan; together a boat, signed Tomochika, a horse rider and his attendant, a large ox on a
with a ceramic netsuke of a woman carrying a large mushroom on her back, rectangular base and Chokaro Sennin’s horse galloping on its gourd, together
some with signatures including Ikko, Tamihisa, Rantei, Homin, Ryuei and with a stag antler netsuke of a recumbent ox, some others with signatures
Chikahiro, 8cm max. (10) including Yasuaki, Masatsugu and Kogyokko, 6cm max. (10)
£400-600 PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent. £200-300
Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.
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