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Four Ivory Netsuke
One signed Nobufusa, the rest unsigned, Edo Period (Late 17th - Early 19th Century)
All katabori, stained ivory; the first a figure of a standing ijin [foreigner] dressed in a coat tied with a girdle, holding another tiny figure on his left shoulder with both hands, the tiny figure dressed in a Chinese-style robe and wearing the characteristic hat often seen on netsuke of Chinese, but without a feather, the himotoshi formed by a large and a small hole in the back below the girdle, the larger below the smaller, signed with incised and stained characters in an oval reserve to the left of the holes Nobufusa, early 19th century; the second a figure of a fox-priest, its body curved in an S-shape, the sleeves swept upwards, its head turned to the right, its left hand on the top of its staff and its left hand on the shaft, the himotoshi formed by two equal holes in the reverse, unsigned, 19th century; the third an unusual group of an ashinaga and tenaga, the ashinaga shaving himself with a razor, the tenaga reaching up to wring out a towel over the ashinaga's head, the himotoshi formed by a hole under the ashinaga's skirt connecting with one in the back, unsigned, mid-late 18th century; the last a fine and elegant figure of a Chinese in a long embroidered robe, the buttons inlaid in dark horn, his body curved to his left, his left hand cradling a long-tailed bird, his right hand held to the side of his head, the himotoshi formed by a large and a small hole in his back, the larger below the smaller, unsigned, late 17th-early 18th century, foot broken, old wear and age cracks
3 1/8 x 7/8in. (8.0 x 2.2cm.), 2 15/16 x 1 5/16in. (7.5 x 3.4cm.), 4 3/8 x 1 3/16in. (11.2 x 3.0cm.) and 4 5/16 x 1½in. (10.9 x 3.9cm.) respectively (4)
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