Details
Two ivory netsuke
19th Century
The first depicting a lady wearing a pot on her head, the servant behind her carrying several more, signed in an oval reserve Tomochika; the second depicting two yakko, the servants of prince Onoki, tying a saddled horse, the saddle inscribed Onoki, the saddle-cloth with the family crest and inscribed Haramoto, signed on an oval reserve Shomin and Kakihan
Sizes ranging from 4.6 cm. to 4.7 cm. high (2)
Literature
The first netuke of the lady is illsustrated in V.-F. Weber, Hoji Hoten, Dictionnaire à l'usage des Amateurs et Collectionneurs d'Objets d'Art Japonais et Chinois, Paris, 1923, pl. XL-9.
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