EDO PERIOD (19TH-LATE 19TH CENTURY),
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Four Ivory Netsuke, One Wood and Ivory Netsuke, One Stag Horn Netsuke and an Ivory Snuff Bottle**,
Edo Period (19th-late 19th century),
comprising a group of fighting blind men; a monkey picking fleas, eyes inlaid in amber, with signature Hidemasa and with kakihan (cursive monogram); a seated Shoki smoking a pipe, with signature; a man kneeling before a smoking set; a wood Chinese boy dragging Hotei in his treasure bag, an ivory jewel in his hand, with signature Gyokuminsai; a stag horn octopus emerging from an octopus trap, the head movable; an ivory snuff bottle in the form of a boy holding a large eggplant, with stopper,
the largest 3½in. (8.9cm.) high (7)
Edo Period (19th-late 19th century),
comprising a group of fighting blind men; a monkey picking fleas, eyes inlaid in amber, with signature Hidemasa and with kakihan (cursive monogram); a seated Shoki smoking a pipe, with signature; a man kneeling before a smoking set; a wood Chinese boy dragging Hotei in his treasure bag, an ivory jewel in his hand, with signature Gyokuminsai; a stag horn octopus emerging from an octopus trap, the head movable; an ivory snuff bottle in the form of a boy holding a large eggplant, with stopper,
the largest 3½in. (8.9cm.) high (7)
Special notice
Tax exempt.