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FOUR STAG-ANTLER SASHI NETSUKE
Edo period (19th century) 3142
The first designed in imitation of a hair
ornament and decorated with a phoenix in
clouds and geometric embellishments in
kebori; the second tapered and decorated
on the surface with the Tokugawa-family
crest and illegibly signed shikosai all in black
lacquer; the third carved as a gourd, the
himotoshi formed by the space under the
leaf and stem; the fourth tapered and with
a sharpened edge and decorated with a
paulownia crest in black lacquer
5 1/2in (14cm) high (the largest)
$1,000 - 1,500

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A STAG-ANTLER NETSUKE OF A
REISHI GROUP
Edo period (19th century)
Carved as a stand of five reishi fungus
heads of various sizes, the carved detail
highlighted with stain
3 1/8 in (7.9cm) high
$2,000 - 3,000

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