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         NETSUKE: MANDARIN WITH DRAGON.   NETSUKE: MANDARINS               NETSUKE: PEACH WITH
         NETSUKE: MANDARINE MIT DRACHE.   ON A LEAF BRANCH.                PERSONS AND LANDSCAPE.
         Japan. Late 19th c.              NETSUKE: MANDARINEN              NETSUKE: PFIRSICH MIT
                                          AN EINEM BLÄTTERZWEIG.           PERSONEN UND LANDSCHAFT.
         Boxwood, eyes of the dragon inlaid with   Japan. Edo period. 18th c.   Japan. Edo period. 19th c.                                                                  2309
         light horn. In the style of Toyomasa.
         Height 3.9cm. Condition A/B.     Boxwood, accentuated dark. One   Boxwood, very fine and meticulously
         € 400 – 500 | $ 444 – 555        ripe mandarin (mikan) and three   carved. The hollowed out fruit with
                                          smaller already dried and rotten fruits.   mountain landscape and a crouching
                                          Width 3.4cm. Condition A/B.      woman, who probably is washing
                                          Provenance:                      something in a round bucket. In the
                                           - Collection Doris Grell (1932 - 2017).   background, another person burdened
                                          Collected since the 1970s.       with bundles of fagots on the shoulders.
                                          € 600 – 800 | $ 666 – 888        Height 2.3cm. Sign.: Nagamitsu, see LA p.
                                                                           813. Condition A/B.
                                                                           Provenance:
                                                                            - Collection Doris Grell (1932 - 2017).
                                                                           Collected since the 1970s.
                                                                           € 300 – 500 | $ 333 – 555










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         NETSUKE: MUSHROOMS.              NETSUKE: HALF - OPEN             TWO NETSUKE: FRUITS OF                             MANJÛ - NETSUKE: THREE MONKEYS   MANJÛ - NETSUKE:                 NETSUKE: TANUKI WITH
         NETSUKE: PILZE.                  PHYSALIS FRUIT (HÔZUKI).         MEDLAR AND GINGKO.                                 CLINGING TO EACH OTHER.          FUKUROKUJU WITH SCROLL.          RUYI SCEPTER.
         Japan. Edo period. 18th/19th c.   NETSUKE: HALBGEÖFFNETE          ZWEI NETSUKE: FRÜCHTE                              MANJÛ - NETSUKE: DREI AFFEN SICH   MANJÛ - NETSUKE:               NETSUKE: TANUKI MIT
                                          PHYSALISFRUCHT (HÔZUKI).         VON MISPEL UND GINGKO.                             ANEINANDER FESTHALTEND.          FUKUROKUJU MIT SCHRIFTROLLE.     RUYI - SZEPTER.
         Boxwood. One large and two smaller   Japan. 19th c.               Japan.                                             Japan. 19th c.                   Japan. 19th c.                   Japan. 19th c.
         mushrooms. Height 2cm. Condition A/B.
         Small crack.                     Ivory and coral. Length 4.8cm.   a) Medlar fruits. Ivory. 19th c.                   Ivory with golden patina. Ø 4.7cm.   Walrus tooth, carved in bas - relief. Back   Ivory with dark accentuated details.
         Provenance:                      Condition A/B. Gnawing marks.    Width 3.8cm. Sign.: Ippo (rubbed), see             Condition A/B. Age cracks.       from the glassy tooth nerve material   Height 4.3cm. Condition A/B.
          - Collection Doris Grell (1932 - 2017).   Provenance:            LA p. 516. b) Gingko leaf with fruits.             € 800 – 1.000 | $ 888 – 1.110 | ‡  with engraved patterns. Ø 4.5cm.   € 400 – 600 | $ 444 – 666 | ‡
         Collected since the 1970s.        - Collection Doris Grell (1932 - 2017).   Ivory, made in two parts. Around 1900.                                    Condition A/B. Surface rubbed.
         € 600 – 800 | $ 666 – 888        Collected since the 1970s.       Width 4.9cm. Condition A/B.                                                         Provenance:
                                          € 400 – 600 | $ 444 – 666 | ‡    Provenance:                                                                          - Private collection Berlin.
                                                                            - Collection Doris Grell (1932 - 2017).                                            € 300 – 500 | $ 333 – 555 | ‡
                                                                           Collected since the 1970s.
                                                                           € 500 – 700 | $ 555 – 777 | ‡

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