PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
A LARGE GROUP OF NETSUKE
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A LARGE GROUP OF NETSUKE
(20TH CENTURY)
Comprising fifteen netsuke of wood, ivory or hardstone of various subjects, including two ivory frogs applied to two wood lengths of bamboo, unsigned; an ivory seated ox, signed Ryusho; a large wood conch shell, unsigned, chip and crack; a wood figure of Daikoku seated and holding his mallet; a stained ivory figure of an island fisherman and a large fish, signed Kogyoku; an ivory puppy on a bag, unsigned; an ivory group of a seabream, flounder and seaweeds, signed Ranseki; a wood rat on a straw scoop of mushrooms, ear restored; a small ivory model of a recumbent ox, signed Tomoyuki; a wood Mandarin orange open on one side to reveal two miniature game players within, unsigned; an ivory figure of a sennin seated on a crane, signed Mitsutoshi; a stained ivory cluster of gourds, signed Yukimitsu; a wood model of a monkey holding a chestnut, unsigned; a Chinese agate carving of monkeys and a spider on lotus and a bag; and an ivory flat lotus leaf with a spider, unsigned--various sizes (15)
(20TH CENTURY)
Comprising fifteen netsuke of wood, ivory or hardstone of various subjects, including two ivory frogs applied to two wood lengths of bamboo, unsigned; an ivory seated ox, signed Ryusho; a large wood conch shell, unsigned, chip and crack; a wood figure of Daikoku seated and holding his mallet; a stained ivory figure of an island fisherman and a large fish, signed Kogyoku; an ivory puppy on a bag, unsigned; an ivory group of a seabream, flounder and seaweeds, signed Ranseki; a wood rat on a straw scoop of mushrooms, ear restored; a small ivory model of a recumbent ox, signed Tomoyuki; a wood Mandarin orange open on one side to reveal two miniature game players within, unsigned; an ivory figure of a sennin seated on a crane, signed Mitsutoshi; a stained ivory cluster of gourds, signed Yukimitsu; a wood model of a monkey holding a chestnut, unsigned; a Chinese agate carving of monkeys and a spider on lotus and a bag; and an ivory flat lotus leaf with a spider, unsigned--various sizes (15)