Four netsuke and a fan toggle

19TH CENTURY

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Four netsuke and a fan toggle
19th Century
Of stained stag antler, carved as a group of shells, signed Hiro?; of ivory with the Cloak of Invisibility and Daikoku's mallet, a carp and the key to the Store-house of the Gods, slight old wear; a stained ivory puppy perched on a bamboo stump, watching a snail, with signature Masayuki; stag antler of bamboo and a snail slithering over it, decorated in aogai; and a Chinese fan toggle in amber
1¾in. (4.4cm.), 1 7/8in. (4.6cm.), 2½in. (6.3cm.), 1 3/8in. (3.4cm.) and 2¼in. (5.7cm.) respectively (5)

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