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1044
HIDEMASA (ACTIVE 19TH CENTURY)
A matching wood tonkotsu (tobacco box),
netsuke and ojime
Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century
The tonkotsu carved in relief with monkeys
climbing in a peach tree, the eyes inlaid in
translucent and dark horn, signed on the
underside Shuosai; fitted with an ojime
carved as a single monkey, with eyes inlaid
in dark horn, signed Shuo, and a netsuke
carved as a mother monkey and three young,
the eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed Shou
2 7/8in (7.4cm) high
US$2,500 - 3,500

1045
NISHO (ACTIVE CIRCA 1860-1900)
A wood tonkotsu (tobacco box)
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-
1912), late 19th century
Carved as an octopus emerging from a
turbo shell, its eyes inlaid in bone and dark
horn; fitted with a wood netsuke carved as
an octopus, its tentacles wrapped across its
head as if in surprise, the eyes inlaid in dark
horn, signed in an irridescent-horn reserve
Nisho
3 7/8in (9.6cm) high
US$800 - 1,200
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