Two wood netsuke

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Two wood netsuke
Of Okame kneeling, stretching her arms above her head and yawning, signed Hide, 18th century; and Raiden with a drum, decorated in iroe hiramakie, signed on an aogai plaque Ryukei and kao, late 18th/early 19th century
1 5/8in. (4cm.) and 1 1/8in. (3cm.) high respectively (2)
Literature
For a similar example to the first netsuke, see Davey, N.K. Netsuke, A comprehensive study based on the M.T. Hindson Collection, (1982), p.234, pl.722-723.

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