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A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE ENGRAVED WITH SHOKI TWO IVORY AND ONE WALRUS-TUSK FIGURE NETSUKE
Iwami style, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Delicately engraved in kebori and katakiri with the demon queller The first of Kanshin being forced to crawl between the legs of a brigand
looking to his feet with an angry expression, the reverse engraved with while his companion looks on, laughing, signed Tomotaka, 4.5cm (1¾in)
falling cherry and plum blossoms, unsigned; with a silk bag. high; the second of walrus tusk, in the form of a servant kneeling to
10cm (4¼in) long. (2). polish an auspicious character, signed Tomomasa, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide;
the third of Raijin seated on a large drum amid swirling clouds, the pupils
£1,000 - 1,500 and drum studs inlaid, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) high. (3).
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 £800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
41 Y US$1,100 - 1,300
A BOAR-TUSK NETSUKE ENGRAVED WITH A TIGER
Iwami style, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century 43 Y Ф
Of typical form, delicately engraved in kebori with a stalking tiger, FOUR IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE
its head lowered and one foreleg extended, signed with two seals, Edo period (1615-1868) and Meiji era (1868-1912),
possibly reading Kyo and Kan; with a silk bag. late 18th to late 19th century
9.5cm (3 3/4in) long. (2). The first an eji (shrine attendant) seated, sleeping off the effects of
sake, holding a sakazuki (sake cup) over his raised knees, signed
£800 - 1,200 Masanobu, 3.8cm (1½in) high; the second two small boys walking
JPY120,000 - 180,000 around a tsuitate (free-standing screen) while a third, wearing a demon
US$1,100 - 1,600 mask climbs over the top to frighten them, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in)
high; the third a seated eji smiling and looking up, signed Tadachika,
4.8cm (1 7/8in) high; the fourth of Okame throwing beans to exorcise
the oni (demon) cowering at her back, unsigned, 5.1cm (2in) high. (4).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

20 | BONHAMS For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.