18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
Details
Two wood and ivory, two kagamibuta and four manju netsuke
18th and 19th century
Of Daikoku carving a mouse with his chisel and mallet, aogai, coral and horn inlay, signed Akishige; a lady holding a large physalis fruit in her hands, a cat beside her, signed Shuzan; a kagamibuta, depicting two frogs on a lotus leaf; a disc in the shape of a mokugyo inset in carved stag antler, signed Kokusai, cracks; a marine ivory manju of a lady seated on rocks, with a fan; a stained ivory bottle with a metal inlay of a kirin, signed Josetsu; a ho-o bird on vine; and Mt. Fuji among clouds and a dragon decorated in iroe hirazogan and takazogan, signed Masachika
1 5/8in. (4.1cm.), 1½in. (3.8cm.) high, 2in. (4.9cm.), 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.), 1 5/8in. (4cm.) diam., 3in. (7.6cm.), 1¾in. (4.6cm) and 1½in. (3.8cm.) wide respectively (8)
18th and 19th century
Of Daikoku carving a mouse with his chisel and mallet, aogai, coral and horn inlay, signed Akishige; a lady holding a large physalis fruit in her hands, a cat beside her, signed Shuzan; a kagamibuta, depicting two frogs on a lotus leaf; a disc in the shape of a mokugyo inset in carved stag antler, signed Kokusai, cracks; a marine ivory manju of a lady seated on rocks, with a fan; a stained ivory bottle with a metal inlay of a kirin, signed Josetsu; a ho-o bird on vine; and Mt. Fuji among clouds and a dragon decorated in iroe hirazogan and takazogan, signed Masachika
1 5/8in. (4.1cm.), 1½in. (3.8cm.) high, 2in. (4.9cm.), 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.), 1 5/8in. (4cm.) diam., 3in. (7.6cm.), 1¾in. (4.6cm) and 1½in. (3.8cm.) wide respectively (8)
Literature
For a similar example of the first netsuke see Coullery, M-T. and Newstead, M.S., The Bauer Collection, (Geneva, 1977), p.68, pl. C45 and C46.