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         NETSUKE: WRESTLING ONI.          NETSUKE: TREASURE BAG            NETSUKE: TREASURE BAG                              NETSUKE: SHISHI WITH BALL.       NETSUKE: SHISHI LION ON FLAT BASE.  NETSUKE: PAIR OF LITTLE SHISHI
         NETSUKE: RINGENDE ONI.           WITH SUGEROKU PLAYERS.           WITH SUGEROKU PLAYERS.                             NETSUKE: SHISHI MIT BALL.        NETSUKE: SHISHI - LÖWE AUF       LIONS.
         Japan. Meiji period. Late 19th c.   NETSUKE: SCHATZBEUTEL         NETSUKE: SCHATZBEUTEL                              Japan. Edo period. 18th c.       FLACHEM SOCKEL.                  NETSUKE: PAAR KLEINER
                                          MIT SUGEROKU - SPIELERN.         MIT SUGEROKU - SPIELERN.                                                            Japan. 19th c.                   SHISHI - LÖWEN.
         Boxwood, pupils and buttons of the   Japan. Edo period. 19th c.   Japan. Edo period. 19th c.                         Ivory with amber colored patina. Shishi                           Japan. 18th/19th c.
         drum inlaid in black horn, the holder                                                                                sitting bent over his ball, pleasurably   Ivory. Height 2.7cm. Condition A/B.
         made from ivory. Two oni in a sumô   Dark hardwood (probably shitan,   Hardwood (possibly kaki wood), inlays of      scratching his left ear with his hind   € 700 – 900 | $ 777 – 999 | ‡  Ivory. Width 3.6cm. Condition A/B.
         fight on a taiko drum. The skin of the   Dalbergia) with inlays of horn. The   light and dark horn and probably ivory.   paw. The ball in his mouth is movable.                         € 700 – 900 | $ 777 – 999 | ‡
         drum is adorned with a mitsudomoe   hinged box made to suggest a bag of   In the open treasure bag Hotei and a       Height 3.3cm, length 4.4cm. Condition B.
         pattern as symbol of the thunder god   fabric shows inside Hotei and a boy   Chinese boy (karako) sitting opposite   Age cracks.
         Raijin. Height 3.6cm, Width 4.2cm. Sign.:   sitting opposite each other at a Sugeroku   each other at a Sugeroku board. The   Provenance:
         Masahiro, in oval cartouche, cf. MCI pp.   board. The chubby god of good fortune   god of fortune with raised dice cup with    - Private collection Southern Germany.
         412. Condition A/B.              in an open robe has raised the dice cup,   tiny movable dice inside. Height 2.3cm.   € 600 – 900 | $ 666 – 999 | ‡
         Provenance:                      which reveals a tiny, movable cube that   Condition A/B. One hinge broken.
          - Private collection Southern Germany.   was probably made of ivory. Ø 3.6cm.   Provenance:
         € 700 – 1.000 | $ 777 – 1.110 | ‡  Condition A/B.                  - Collection Doris Grell (1932 - 2017).
                                          Provenance:                      Collected since the 1970s.
                                           - Private Collection Southern Germany,   € 700 – 1.000 | $ 777 – 1.110 | ‡
                                          acquired in 1997.
                                          € 800 – 1.000 | $ 888 – 1.110 | ‡



















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         NETSUKE: SHELL WITH YÛZEN DYERS   NETSUKE: SKULL.                 NETSUKE: SHISHIMAI MASK.                           TWO NETSUKE: SHISHI WITH                                          NETSUKE: SITTING TIGER.
         IN A RIVER BENEATH PINES.        NETSUKE: SCHÄDEL.                NETSUKE: SHISHIMAI MASKE.                          BALL AND SHISHI ON TABLE.                                         NETSUKE: SITZENDER TIGER.
         NETSUKE: MUSCHEL MIT             Japan. 19th c.                   Japan. Edo period. 19th c.                         ZWEI NETSUKE: SHISHI MIT                                          Japan. Edo period. 19th c.
         YÛZEN - FÄRBERN IN EINEM FLUSS                                                                                       BALL UND SHISHI AUF TISCH.
         UNTER EINER KIEFER.              Ivory. Height 3.2cm. Sign.: Tomoyuki.   Boxwood with shiny reddish patina.          Japan. Edo period.                                                Wood, the pupils of brass. Height 3cm.
         Japan. Meiji period (1868 - 1912).   Condition A/B.               Expressively carved mask of a Shishimai                                                                              Sign.: unread. Condition B/C. Tail broken
                                          Provenance:                      dancer. The mouth of the lion is movable.          a) Sitting Shishi with the right paw   b) Small Shishi sitting on a round table.   off and restored, missing part on the
         Ivory, finely carved. Width 5.8cm. Sign.:    - Private collection Berlin.   Height 3.7cm. Condition A/B.              holding a ball. Small moving ball in   19th c. Boxwood. Height 2.9cm. Sign.:   back.
         unread. Condition A/B.           € 300 – 400 | $ 333 – 444 | ‡    Provenance:                                        the mouth. 18th/19th c. Boxwood.   probably Tomohisa. Condition A/B.   € 200 – 300 | $ 222 – 333
         Provenance:                                                        - Private collection Southern Germany.            Height 3.2cm.                    Provenance:
          - South German private collection.                               € 600 – 800 | $ 666 – 888                                                            - Collection Doris Grell (1932 - 2017).
         € 200 – 300 | $ 222 – 333 | ‡                                                                                                                         Collected since the 1970s.
                                                                                                                                                               € 600 – 800 | $ 666 – 888

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