19TH CENTURY
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A group of ten ivory okimono style netsuke
19th Century
Of oni wrestling with Hotei, aogai and horn inlay, signed Sobun; an eagle being held down and stabbed by Shoki, signed Koichito; a procession of four figures dancing, beating a drum and playing a flute, signed Zemin; the farmer from the Tongue Cut Sparrow story opening a box filled with treasures, with signature Masamitsu; Benten and two karako watching Daikoku and Hotei doing kubi-hiki (neck-wrestling), signed Gyokkei; an amusing figure with a large basket on his back, with signature Moritada; Urushima Taro seated and leaning on his right arm, a sake cup with a terrapin in it in his left hand; an elephant with a saddle decorated with chrysanthemums and a ho-o bird, with inlay, signed Masaharu; four sennin, one with a gourd in his hands from which springs a horse, signed Hidetaka, cracks; Shoki wearing a large hat with four oni climbing on top of each other to reach it
2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) high, 2in. (5cm.) wide, 1¾in. (4.4cm.), 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.), 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) wide, 2¾in. (5.9cm.) high, 2 1/8in. (5.1cm.) wide, 2in. (5cm.) high, 1 5/8in. (4cm.) wide, 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) wide respectively (10)
19th Century
Of oni wrestling with Hotei, aogai and horn inlay, signed Sobun; an eagle being held down and stabbed by Shoki, signed Koichito; a procession of four figures dancing, beating a drum and playing a flute, signed Zemin; the farmer from the Tongue Cut Sparrow story opening a box filled with treasures, with signature Masamitsu; Benten and two karako watching Daikoku and Hotei doing kubi-hiki (neck-wrestling), signed Gyokkei; an amusing figure with a large basket on his back, with signature Moritada; Urushima Taro seated and leaning on his right arm, a sake cup with a terrapin in it in his left hand; an elephant with a saddle decorated with chrysanthemums and a ho-o bird, with inlay, signed Masaharu; four sennin, one with a gourd in his hands from which springs a horse, signed Hidetaka, cracks; Shoki wearing a large hat with four oni climbing on top of each other to reach it
2 1/8in. (5.3cm.) high, 2in. (5cm.) wide, 1¾in. (4.4cm.), 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.), 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) wide, 2¾in. (5.9cm.) high, 2 1/8in. (5.1cm.) wide, 2in. (5cm.) high, 1 5/8in. (4cm.) wide, 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.) wide respectively (10)
Provenance
The eighth; Bluth Collection, no. 333