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Twelve ivory okimono style netsuke
19th Century
Of Daruma returning to India on leaves of millet, signed Tomochika; a Chinese man and a karako majestically seated on a boat, the canopy with a dragon among clouds, signed Ono Ryomin and kao, chip; Chokaro Sennin, a gourd attached to his belt, holding a staff with a karako beside him, horn inlay; two karako standing back to back, one playing the flute, the other holding a drum in his hand, signed Masamine, inlays in horn; Raijin holding Shoki's hat above his head, with signature Ichigyoku; a man seated on a straw mat making zori, signed Gyokuso on a red lacquer plaque; a man seated on his kasa and resting, his bundles behind him; a mask maker, signed Rakuyu; a man trying to move an ox, with another man trapped underneath it, with signature Minkoku; Koshohei coaxing his brother's goats from the rocks with his stick, with signature Tomotada; a saddled horse; Yuranosuke holding on to a letter behind his back, signed Kohosai
2¼in. (5.8cm.) high, 1 3/8in. (3.6cm.) long, 2¼in. (5.8cm.) high, 1½in. (3.7cm.) high, 1 5/8in. (4.1cm.) high, 1 1/8in. (2.7cm.) high, 1 3/8in. (3.7cm.) long, 1 5/8in. (4.2cm.), 1¾in. (3.5cm.) high, 1½in. (3.9cm.) wide, 1 5/8in. (4.3cm.) wide and 2¼in. (5.7cm.) high respectively (12)
