A late stained ivory netsuke of a recumbent ox, a rope attached to the ring in its nose and trailing down its back -- 2in.wide, signed; another of a bird with outstretched wings -- 1¾in.wide; another of a seated scholar reading a book and holding pipe -- 2in.long; another of two immortals wrestling -- 2in.high; a netsuke of a kirin -- 2½in.high; a netsuke of a frog and a ladybird on a rock -- 2in.long; another of a man crouching over a drum; and two further netsukes. (9)