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         NETSUKE: FUKUROKUJU WITH         NETSUKE OF THE MOUNTAIN HAG      NETSUKE OF A CHINESE WITH HAT.                     NETSUKE: YAMAMBA WITH            NETSUKE: LAUGHING                NETSUKE: STANDING
         KARAKO AND PILED BOOKS.          YAMAMBA WITH THE BOY KINTARÔ.    NETSUKE EINES CHINESEN MIT HUT.                    THE BOY KINTARÔ.                 HOTEI WITH JEWEL.                HOTEI WITH LARGE BAG.
         NETSUKE: FUKUROKUJU MIT KARAKO   NETSUKE DER BERGFRAU YAMAMBA     Japan. 18th c.                                     NETSUKE: YAMAMBA MIT             NETSUKE: LACHENDER               NETSUKE: STEHENDER HOTEI
         UND BÜCHERSTAPEL.                MIT DEM KINTARÔ - KNABEN.                                                           DEM KINTARÔ - KNABEN.            HOTEI MIT JUWEL.                 MIT SACK AUF DEM RÜCKEN.
         Japan. Beg. 19th c.              Japan. 19th c.                   Ivory carved and finely engraved,                   Japan. 18th c.                   Japan. 18th/19th c.              Japan. 18th/19th c.
                                                                           yellowish age patina. The Chinese
         Ivory with amber yellow patina.   Ivory, carved, on the back with dark   gentleman is dressed in a robe patterned    Ivory, carved and engraved, back with   Ivory carved and engraved. The back with   Ivory with dark colored engraving.
         Height 11.5cm. Condition A/B.    yellow patina. The mountain hag has the   with clouds and large leaves. He holds his   golden yellow patina. The mountain hag   amber yellow patina. Standing with his   Height 6.9cm. Condition A/B.
                                          visage of a Hannya mask and is dressed   elegant straw hat by a ribbon, probably    supports herself on a long branch and   legs closely together and his skirt hitched
         € 900 – 1.200 | $ 999 – 1.332 | ‡  in leaves. Kintarô is cavorting on her   because the wind wants to carry it away.   climbs a mountain with the Kintarô boy   up with his left hand, the corpulent god   Provenance:
                                          shoulder, letting a mushroom dangling on   Height 10.6cm. Condition A/B. Age        on her back. With her left hand, she holds   of good fortune is laughingly turning    - Private collection Berlin.
                                          a string. Yamamba rests on a long pole   cracks.                                    the wild boy who challenges her laughter   back. In his right hand, he upholds a
                                          and seems to climb a steep mountain.                                                with his madness. Her long - sleeved robe   big jewel in front of him. Height 7.3cm.   € 800 – 1.000 | $ 888 – 1.110 | ‡
                                          With her left hand she holds a kama sickle   € 1.300 – 1.800 | $ 1.443 – 1.998 | ‡  is girded with leaves and gapes wide   Condition A/B. Age cracks, toes of left
                                          and keeps the leg of the struggling boy                                             open over her chest. Height 6.7cm. Sign.:   foot added.
                                          trapped. Height 10.7cm. Condition A/B.                                              Okakoto. Condition A/B. Nerve canal in
                                                                                                                              the head of the boy closed with a peg.   € 1.100 – 1.600 | $ 1.221 – 1.776 | ‡
                                          € 1.300 – 1.500 | $ 1.443 – 1.665 | ‡
                                                                                                                              € 1.300 – 1.800 | $ 1.443 – 1.998 | ‡




























































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