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         NETSUKE: CHINESE WITH KARAKO     NETSUKE: DANCING MAN.            NETSUKE: FOX AS THE                                NETSUKE/OKIMONO: HANASAKA JIJI.
         ON THE SHOULDER AND SHAWM.       NETSUKE: TANZENDER MANN.         PRIEST HYAKUZÔSU.                                  NETSUKE/OKIMONO: HANASAKA JIJI.
         NETSUKE: CHINESE MIT KARAKO      Japan. 19th c.                   NETSUKE: FUCHS ALS                                 Japan. Meiji period (1868 - 1912).
         AUF DER SCHULTER UND SCHALMEI.                                    DER PRIESTER HYAKUZÔSU.
         Japan. Early 19th c.             Ivory with amber yellow patina.   Japan. 18th/19th c.                               Boxwood stained dark, inlays from
                                          Height 6.8cm. Condition A/B. Age cracks.                                            mother - of - pearl. The old man sitting
         Ivory, eyes and hair knots inlaid with                            Ivory, dark accentuated details.                   on a stump of a cherry tree with his
         dark horn. Height 5cm. Sign.: Tadayuki.   € 800 – 1.000 | $ 888 – 1.110 | ‡  Height 8.2cm. Condition A/B. Fine age   basket full of ash. This he will scatter
         Condition A/B.                                                    cracks.                                            around bringing the cherry flowers to
                                                                                                                              bloom. Height 6.1cm. Sign.: Ryukei.
         € 800 – 1.000 | $ 888 – 1.110 | ‡                                 € 1.300 – 1.800 | $ 1.443 – 1.998 | ‡              Condition A/B.
                                                                                                                              € 1.000 – 1.200 | $ 1.110 – 1.332





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                                                                                                                                                                                                NETSUKE OF A HOWLING KIRIN.
                                                                                                                                                                                                NETSUKE EINES HEULENDEN KIRIN.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Japan. 19th c.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Ivory, the fine engravings rubbed dark.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Eyes inlaid with black horn. The animal
                                                                                                                                                                                                is sitting on the hind legs and calls with
                                                                                                                                                                                                stretched neck. His upper body covered
                                                                                                                                                                                                with scales, from armpits flames are
                                                                                                                                                                                                flickering out – a sign of his mythological
                                                                                                                                                                                                origin. The smooth, very long hair of his
                                                                                                                                                                                                tail reaches up to his skull. Height 6.5cm.
                                                                                                                                                                                                Sign.: Kangyoku. Condition A/B.
                                                                                                                                                                                                € 1.200 – 1.500 | $ 1.332 – 1.665 | ‡


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                                                                                                                              NETSUKE OF A LARGE
                                                                                                                              HAKUTAKU ON A SEAL PLATE.
                                                                                                                              NETSUKE EINES GROßEN HAKUTAKU
                                                                                                                              AUF EINER SIEGELPLATTE.
                                                                                                                              Japan. 1st half 19th c.
                                                                                                                              Ivory with dark stained parts and golden
                                                                                                                              yellow patina. Eyes inlaid in dark horn.
                                                                                                                              The Hakutaku is sitting on the hind legs
                                                                                                                              and has raised the left paw. With its head
                                                                                                                              stretched, it has opened its mouth and
                                                                                                                              shows its fangs. Mane and tail with long
                                                                                                                              strands and curls resembling a Shishi.
                                                                                                                              He has snake skin on the back and large
                                                                                                                              scales are covering his breast. On the
                                                                                                                              underside of the seal plate a variation of
                                                                                                                              the character for Long Life. Height 7cm.
                                                                                                                              Condition A/B.

                                                                                                                              € 1.800 – 2.400 | $ 1.998 – 2.664 | ‡


         Netsuke & Inrô                                                                                                                                                               2208
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