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FOUR NETSUKE
(19TH CENTURY)
A group of four netsuke, comprising an ivory peony blossom and bud of rectangular section, the leaves curling over opposite edges, unsigned, details etched, himotoshi on underside below the stem of flower, a wood group of masks, signed Gyokuzan, recesses of the masks dark and the surface polished and golden brown, a wood figure of Shoki with a small oni on his shoulder, unsigned, and an ivory figure of Jurojin and his deer placed on an oval plinth, signed on the base Masatoshi, details stained--1 1/4 in. (3.3 cm.) diameter, 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high, 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm.) high, 1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm.) high (4)
(19TH CENTURY)
A group of four netsuke, comprising an ivory peony blossom and bud of rectangular section, the leaves curling over opposite edges, unsigned, details etched, himotoshi on underside below the stem of flower, a wood group of masks, signed Gyokuzan, recesses of the masks dark and the surface polished and golden brown, a wood figure of Shoki with a small oni on his shoulder, unsigned, and an ivory figure of Jurojin and his deer placed on an oval plinth, signed on the base Masatoshi, details stained--1 1/4 in. (3.3 cm.) diameter, 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.) high, 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm.) high, 1 1/2 in. (3.9 cm.) high (4)