THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A GROUP OF THIRTY NETSUKE
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A GROUP OF THIRTY NETSUKE
Including a bronze ashtray netsuke with plum branches in metal takazogan; a gold lacquer hako-netsuke with a swallow and wisteria; a portable compass signed Eikosai; a blue and white porcelain manju; a stained ivory of a water wheel among waves; five ivory square and rectangular manju, one with a butterfly, two with a karako, one of which is signed Chounsai, one with a dancer with a fan, the other with descending geese beneath the half moon, the reverse with a stone slab and a beater for fulling cloth, with signature Mitsuhiro; six ivory manju, the one with metal inlay of 'an oil thief', unsigned, two ryusa style with a stylized dragon and a karako resting on a drum signed Kishosai, one with a street entertainer, signed Komin, and the last with three masks, signed Mitsutomo; one staghorn of a dragon, unsigned, two of marine ivory, one with gilt metal and tortoiseshell inlays of kappa and the other with plum blossoms in metal inlay; four kagamibuta, one of whose disc is in ivory, one with crows signed Tsugukazu; a wood kagamibuta with a shell disc in foliate shape; a carved red lacquer square manju; a square metal manju with various geometric patterns; three lacquer netsuke of various shapes, one of a coin, one of square shape with crows in flight, one of flower-shape with a metal ring himotoshi, (some old damages), mostly 19th century, various sizes (30)
Including a bronze ashtray netsuke with plum branches in metal takazogan; a gold lacquer hako-netsuke with a swallow and wisteria; a portable compass signed Eikosai; a blue and white porcelain manju; a stained ivory of a water wheel among waves; five ivory square and rectangular manju, one with a butterfly, two with a karako, one of which is signed Chounsai, one with a dancer with a fan, the other with descending geese beneath the half moon, the reverse with a stone slab and a beater for fulling cloth, with signature Mitsuhiro; six ivory manju, the one with metal inlay of 'an oil thief', unsigned, two ryusa style with a stylized dragon and a karako resting on a drum signed Kishosai, one with a street entertainer, signed Komin, and the last with three masks, signed Mitsutomo; one staghorn of a dragon, unsigned, two of marine ivory, one with gilt metal and tortoiseshell inlays of kappa and the other with plum blossoms in metal inlay; four kagamibuta, one of whose disc is in ivory, one with crows signed Tsugukazu; a wood kagamibuta with a shell disc in foliate shape; a carved red lacquer square manju; a square metal manju with various geometric patterns; three lacquer netsuke of various shapes, one of a coin, one of square shape with crows in flight, one of flower-shape with a metal ring himotoshi, (some old damages), mostly 19th century, various sizes (30)