A GROUP OF NINE IVORY NETSUKE AND TWO OJIME**, MEIJI PERIOD, the group including a kagamibuta carved with smiling masks, signed; a model of a terrapin, his body drawn into his carapace, signed; a well-patinated example depicting a peasant seated on the back of his recumbant ox, signed; a partially stained example of a standing robed sage holding a whisk, signed; a figure of a crouching karako with an uchiwa fan at his waist and holding a small terrapin suspended by a rope; a seated bearded man holding a staff in his right hand and a small karako at his other side; a model of a seated samurai with two peasants kneeling before him, one offering a fan and flowering blossoms, signed; a figure of a man kneeling before a low lectern and holding a fan, signed; a reticulated double gourd with stopper, together with two ojime, one carved with peasant reading while seated on the back of an ox, Fuji beyond, signed; and another with a seated Benten on rockery, a dragon amidst waves at her side, signed (11)