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TWENTY-FOUR IVORY NETSUKE
19TH CENTURY
A karashishi forming a ball; a man and a boy trying to lift a giant octopus, signed Tsuguyuki; numerous blind men before a giant conch shell; an oni and a mortar; Okame disguised as Daruma, the robe in painted wood; a seated woman arranging her hairpin, signed To(?)shige; a man with a pipe by a brazier; two karako playing go, signed Nagatsugu; a man making a rope, signed Yoshitoshi; a seated man holding stones; two of Daikoku and daikon; a boy holding a sack; a man on a boat pulling a net; a man holding a giant gourd; a man holding a conch shell; a man trying to cut a giant peach; a boy trying to lift a stone; Ebisu and a seabream; a traveller with a bundle around his shoulder and a stick; two women, a man and a girl playing sugoroku; an oni on a lotus leaf, signed Mitsuo; a man with a carp and a gourd; and an oni trying to tie a winged monster fish, signed Gyokusen
Various sizes from 2.3cm. high to 3.8cm. high (24)
19TH CENTURY
A karashishi forming a ball; a man and a boy trying to lift a giant octopus, signed Tsuguyuki; numerous blind men before a giant conch shell; an oni and a mortar; Okame disguised as Daruma, the robe in painted wood; a seated woman arranging her hairpin, signed To(?)shige; a man with a pipe by a brazier; two karako playing go, signed Nagatsugu; a man making a rope, signed Yoshitoshi; a seated man holding stones; two of Daikoku and daikon; a boy holding a sack; a man on a boat pulling a net; a man holding a giant gourd; a man holding a conch shell; a man trying to cut a giant peach; a boy trying to lift a stone; Ebisu and a seabream; a traveller with a bundle around his shoulder and a stick; two women, a man and a girl playing sugoroku; an oni on a lotus leaf, signed Mitsuo; a man with a carp and a gourd; and an oni trying to tie a winged monster fish, signed Gyokusen
Various sizes from 2.3cm. high to 3.8cm. high (24)