TWELVE NETSUKE,** including a karako offering a pomegranate to a puppy; a seated karako with a scroll slung over his shoulder; a puppy with a robe in his mouth; a fierce mask; a faggot carrier; a man in a boat; an archaistic figural example; a seated farmer with a giant bamboo shoot; Gama sennin with toad; a bearded sage with a staff; a seated arhat; and a porcealain mask of Okame; together with a miniature Chinese ivory screen and stand, incised with calligraphic inscription and travelers in landscape--1¾ in. high; and three small figures (16)

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TWELVE NETSUKE,** including a karako offering a pomegranate to a puppy; a seated karako with a scroll slung over his shoulder; a puppy with a robe in his mouth; a fierce mask; a faggot carrier; a man in a boat; an archaistic figural example; a seated farmer with a giant bamboo shoot; Gama sennin with toad; a bearded sage with a staff; a seated arhat; and a porcealain mask of Okame; together with a miniature Chinese ivory screen and stand, incised with calligraphic inscription and travelers in landscape--1¾ in. high; and three small figures (16)

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