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EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY)
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Five Ivory Netsuke
Edo Period (Mid 19th Century)
The first karako playing with a shishimai mask and costume, one of them with a drum, decoration inlaid in horn, signed Chokusai; the second Okame with a suggestive mask, signed Gyokkosai; the third a woman drying herself after a bath, signed Tomochika; the fourth a woman standing with a child on her back, a wrapped gift in her left hand and a tea kettle in her right, signed Hojitsu; the fifth a small figure of a Chinese boy playing a flute, signed with incised and stained characters under the left foot Tomokazu
1 1/8in. (2.8cm.), 1 3/16 (3.1cm.), 1 3/8in. (3.5cm.), 2 3/16in. (5.6cm.), and 1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) high respectively (5)
Edo Period (Mid 19th Century)
The first karako playing with a shishimai mask and costume, one of them with a drum, decoration inlaid in horn, signed Chokusai; the second Okame with a suggestive mask, signed Gyokkosai; the third a woman drying herself after a bath, signed Tomochika; the fourth a woman standing with a child on her back, a wrapped gift in her left hand and a tea kettle in her right, signed Hojitsu; the fifth a small figure of a Chinese boy playing a flute, signed with incised and stained characters under the left foot Tomokazu
1 1/8in. (2.8cm.), 1 3/16 (3.1cm.), 1 3/8in. (3.5cm.), 2 3/16in. (5.6cm.), and 1 5/8in. (4.2cm.) high respectively (5)
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