A marine ivory manju netsuke incised to one side with a monkey playing a flute, riding on the back of an ox beneath a tree -- 1¾in. (4.4cm) wide, signed; another marine ivory rectangular manju netsuke incised to one side with two birds in flight beside bamboo -- 2¼in. (5.8cm) long, signed; and another carved in relief with a bearded, grimacing figure -- 1¾in. (4.4cm) high, (minor hairline cracks).

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A marine ivory manju netsuke incised to one side with a monkey playing a flute, riding on the back of an ox beneath a tree -- 1¾in. (4.4cm) wide, signed; another marine ivory rectangular manju netsuke incised to one side with two birds in flight beside bamboo -- 2¼in. (5.8cm) long, signed; and another carved in relief with a bearded, grimacing figure -- 1¾in. (4.4cm) high, (minor hairline cracks).
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