19TH CENTURY
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Two ivory Homei school netsuke
19th Century
Of Hotei seated, his robe wide open to reveal his chest, a lotus sceptre stuck into his belt, metal inlay, signed Yasuaki with Kodama seal, chips to himotoshi; and a samurai seated on a zabuton with a poem inscribed on the bottom, metal, coral and aogai inlay, signed Yasumasa
1¼in. (3cm.) and 1 1/8in. (2.9cm.) high respectively (2)
19th Century
Of Hotei seated, his robe wide open to reveal his chest, a lotus sceptre stuck into his belt, metal inlay, signed Yasuaki with Kodama seal, chips to himotoshi; and a samurai seated on a zabuton with a poem inscribed on the bottom, metal, coral and aogai inlay, signed Yasumasa
1¼in. (3cm.) and 1 1/8in. (2.9cm.) high respectively (2)
Literature
For a similar to the first, see Lazarnick, G. Netsuke and Inro Artists, and how to read their signatures, (Reed Publishers, Honolulu, 1982), p.1217.