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SIX IVORY NETSUKE AND ONE CARVING FIVE IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE
Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to late 19th century Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th to late 19th century
Comprising: Moso dressed in winter attire and carrying a hoe for The first a sennin standing, turning to the left and holding the cord
digging bamboo shoots, inscribed Tomotada, 6.3cm (2½in) high; of his broad hat, unsigned, 7.2cm (2 7/8in) high; the second of Ono
a sennin standing, holding a bottle, inscribed Masatsugu, 8.9cm no Komachi as an old woman, standing, holding a poem slip and
(3½in) high; Kikujido as a young boy, seated and holding sprays of cane, style of Hidemasa of Osaka, unsigned, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high;
chrysanthemums, unsigned, 5.7cm (2¼in) high; a manju netsuke the third a foreigner standing, wearing a buttoned coat and holding
carved and pierced with a cockerel on a drum, the reverse with a scroll an openwork ball aloft, unsigned, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) high; the fourth a
design, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) diam.; a seated puppy, unsigned, young boy holding a crane feeding from a bowl, symbolic of youth and
4.5cm (1¾in) wide; a seated boy holding a minogame (long-tailed longevity, unsigned, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high; the fifth of the Wind God
turtle), signed Homin with a kao, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) high; the carving Futen holding his bag of wind and a fan inscribed kaze (wind), signed
of a man leaping over a basket, unsigned, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) high. (7). in seal form Shungetsu, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide. (5).

£1,000 - 1,500 £800 - 1,000
JPY150,000 - 220,000 JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 US$1,100 - 1,300

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