18TH AND 19TH CENTURY
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Five ivory netsuke
18th and 19th Century
Of Shiba Onko breaking a jar to save his friend from drowning in it; Seiobo and two karako on a table with a basket of peaches; a figure dressed in Chinese clothes amusing a child with a mask of Okame, all with slight age cracks; a karako seated with a huge sack in front of him, his head movable, with signature Masatsugu; and a karako carrying a large sack on his back, lips and shoulders stained in red, signed Kosai and kao
1 3/8in. (3.5cm.), 1¼in. (3.2cm.), 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.), 1 3/8in. (3.5cm) and 1 5/8in. (4cm.) high respectively (5)
18th and 19th Century
Of Shiba Onko breaking a jar to save his friend from drowning in it; Seiobo and two karako on a table with a basket of peaches; a figure dressed in Chinese clothes amusing a child with a mask of Okame, all with slight age cracks; a karako seated with a huge sack in front of him, his head movable, with signature Masatsugu; and a karako carrying a large sack on his back, lips and shoulders stained in red, signed Kosai and kao
1 3/8in. (3.5cm.), 1¼in. (3.2cm.), 2 1/8in. (5.4cm.), 1 3/8in. (3.5cm) and 1 5/8in. (4cm.) high respectively (5)