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FOUR STAG-HORN NETSUKE AND
THREE WOOD NETSUKE
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th/early 20th century
Comprising a stylized stag-horn model of
mallard duck; a stag antler standing figure
of Kan’u holding his beard; a stylized stag-
horn model of a sparrow; a wood model of a
puppy seated and looking to the left; a wood
model of a puppy, its front paws resting on a
large ball, the eyes inlaid; a wood model of a
wild dog gnawing on a human skull, the eyes
inlaid in bone and dark horn (6)
4 1/4in (10.8cm) long, the largest
$1,500 - 2,500
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1092
THREE STAG-HORN NETSUKE, THREE
FRUIT-NUT NETSUKE, AND A LACQUER
NETSUKE
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th century
Comprising a stag-horn model of a reclining
ox, the eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Taihei;
a stag-horn model of a toad on top of a
discarded bucket, indistinctly signed Ichimin[]
to; a marine ivory rectangular netsuke carved
on the surface with a kneeling beauty holding
a fan beneath New-Year decorations, and a
bird in flight; a fruit-nut netsuke carved with
flowers and vines; a fruit-nut netsuke carved
with lotus blossoms and leaves, illegibly
signed; a fruit-nut netsuke carved with hares
in crashing waves, signed Naoie; a red-
lacquer manju netsuke carved in relief with 1092
leafy vines (7)
2 1/8in (5.3cm) wide, the largest
$1,000 - 1,500

1093
FIVE STAG-HORN NETSUKE AND A
CARVED LACQUER NETSUKE
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), 19th/late 19th century
Comprising a hako netsuke carved with
a landscape on the top surface and with
the names of the 53 stations along the
Tokaido road inscribed on the sides; a manju
netsuke carved with a frog amongst a pile
of seals; a ryusa netsuke pierce-carved
with matsukawa-bishi (pine-bark lozenges);
a netsuke carved as a snail crawling on a
mushroom cap and hydrangea; a hasami
netsuke carved as Ashinaga and Tenaga; a
manju netsuke with a scholar and attendant
fishing in black and red carved lacquer (6)
4 7/8in (12.4cm) high, the largest

$1,000 - 1,500

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