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         NETSUKE: RECLINING TIGER.        NETSUKE: LYING TIGER             NETSUKE: CROUCHING TIGER.                          NETSUKE: RECUMBENT HORSE.        NETSUKE: RECLINING OX.           NETSUKE OF A GRAZING HORSE.
         NETSUKE: LIEGENDER TIGER.        WITH OPEN MOUTH.                 NETSUKE: HOCKENDER TIGER.                          NETSUKE: LIEGENDES PFERD.        NETSUKE: LIEGENDER OCHSE.        NETSUKE EINES GRASENDEN PFERDES.
         Japan. 19th c.                   NETSUKE: LIEGENDER TIGER         Japan. 18th c.                                     Japan. 20th c.                   Japan. Edo period. 18th/19th c. Kyôto   Japan. 19th c.
                                          MIT GEÖFFNETEM MAUL.                                                                                                 School.
         Ivory, eyes inlaid with dark horn. With   Japan. 19th c.          Ivory, eyes inlaid with amber and dark             Prob. boxwood, finely engraved fur.                                Ivory, carved and the engraved fur stained
         densely engraved fur, the head turned                             horn. Head turned backwards and                    Eyes inlaid in black horn. The balanced   Ivory, finely carved and engraved,   dark. Height 5.4cm. Condition A/B.
         to the back. Length 4.6cm. Sign.:   Ivory, eyes inlaid with horn. Width 4cm.   licking his left hind paw. Length 4.6cm.   composition is rich in detail. It lies with its   eyes inlaid with dark horn. The animal   Age cracks.
         Masatomo. Condition A/B. Fine age   Condition A/B. Fine age cracks.   Condition A/B. Small chips on the inlays.      legs tucked under the body. The lush tail   reclining, the legs pulled close to the   € 900 – 1.300 | $ 999 – 1.443 | ‡
         cracks.                          € 800 – 1.000 | $ 888 – 1.110 | ‡  € 1.200 – 1.500 | $ 1.332 – 1.665 | ‡            swung over the left hind leg, the mane   body. The ox is made in the style of
         € 1.200 – 1.800 | $ 1.332 – 1.998 | ‡                                                                                parted in the middle. Length 4.7cm. Sign.:   Tomotada and thus quotes one of the
                                                                                                                              Shinzan (Masanao Shinzan, 1904 - 1982).   most famous motifs of this masterly
                                                                                                                              Condition A/B.                   Netsuke carver. Length 5.6cm. Sign.:
                                                                                                                              Provenance:                      Tomotada. Condition A/B.
                                                                                                                               - Private collection Berlin.    Provenance:
                                                                                                                              € 2.000 – 2.200 | $ 2.220 – 2.442   - Collection Doris Grell (1932 - 2017).
                                                                                                                                                               Collected since the 1970s.
                                                                                                                                                               € 900 – 1.200 | $ 999 – 1.332 | ‡






















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         NETSUKE: JUNISHI IN FORM         NETSUKE WITH MONKEY,             NETSUKE OF A SHISHI LION                           NETSUKE: SITTING GREYHOUND.      NETSUKE: PUPPY ON BASKET CHUTE.  NETSUKE OF FUKURA SUZUME.
         OF A RYUSA MANJÛ.                WASP, CRAB AND MORE ANIMALS.     ON A BIG BALL.                                     NETSUKE: SITZENDER WINDHUND.     NETSUKE: WELPE AUF KORBSCHÜTTE.   NETSUKE DES FUKURA SUZUME.
         NETSUKE: JUNISHI IN RYUSA        NETSUKE MIT AFFE, KRABBE, WESPE   NETSUKE EINES SHISHI -LÖWENS                      Japan. 18th/19th c.              Japan. 18th/19th c.              Japan. 18th/19th c.
         MANJÛ - FORM.                    UND WEITEREN TIEREN.             AUF GROßEM BALL.
         Japan. 19th c.                   Japan. 19th c.                   Japan. 18th c.                                     Ivory, eyes inlaid in dark horn. The   Ivory. Width 5.7cm. Condition B.   Ivory. Eyes inlaid in dark horn. Underneath
                                                                                                                              filigree depiction of an extremely slender   Age cracks. Most part of the  golden yellow patina. Length 4cm. Sign.:
         Ivory finely carved. The densely crowded   Ivory carved and with parts stained dark.   Ivory, the engraving stained dark, with   greyhound looking over his back. He   frame rail renewed.   Masanao (in the style of the artist).
         animals as well as the ground of leaf   Underside with amber yellow patina.   amber yellow patina. The lion has climbed   wears a collar with two bells. His long   € 800 – 1.100 | $ 888 – 1.221 | ‡  Condition A/B. Small age cracks.
         twigs carved in open work. Ø 5cm. Sign.:   The netsuke tells a variation of the fairy   the big, egg - shaped ball like in a circus   thin tail scrolled up on the thigh of his left   € 800 – 1.000 | $ 888 – 1.110 | ‡
         Hôjitsu. Condition A/B.          tale of the monkey and the crab. Here   act. His mouth opened to roar and           hind leg. Height 6.6cm. Condition A/B.
         € 900 – 1.200 | $ 999 – 1.332 | ‡  the monkey shown literally crushed by   showing his fangs. Mane and tail are      Age cracks, mark canal visible on the
                                          a giant wasp and flocks of rabbits and   in long strands and twisted in curls. His   head and back.
                                          rats. He screams loudly, also because the   fur also adorned with dots. Height 4cm.   € 1.100 – 1.500 | $ 1.221 – 1.665 | ‡
                                          crab pinches his ears. A slice of a tree   Condition A/B.
                                          forms the ground. Length 5.5cm. Sign.:   € 1.200 – 1.800 | $ 1.332 – 1.998 | ‡
                                          Masamitsu. Condition A/B.
                                          € 1.000 – 1.200 | $ 1.110 – 1.332 | ‡
         Netsuke & Inrô
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