19TH CENTURY
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A group of seven okimono style ivory netsuke
19th Century
Of a man and a boy surrounded by three dogs, the boy playing with one, signed Ryomin; an itinerant priest walking with a man carrying a lantern, signed Ikkosai; a farmer smoking a pipe, his wife with a baby on her back and a young boy holding a terrapin and a kettle, signed Shomin and kao; Momotaro dividing his dumplings between himself, a pheasant, a monkey and a dog, signed Yoshimasa; a bijin holding a hina doll of the Emperor in her left hand, signed Mitsumasa, crack; the demon Ibaraki in the form of an old woman recovering his severed arm and Watanabe no Tsuna ready to draw his sword, signed Hogyokuzan Minkei; and the Takarabune carrying Shichifukujin, signed Hosai
1¼in. (3.4cm.) high, 1¾in. (3.6cm.) high, 1 5/8in. (4.3cm.) high, 1½in. (3.8cm.) high, 1½in. (3.8cm.) high, 1 3/8in. (3.4cm.) high and 1¾in. (4.4cm.) high respectively (7)
19th Century
Of a man and a boy surrounded by three dogs, the boy playing with one, signed Ryomin; an itinerant priest walking with a man carrying a lantern, signed Ikkosai; a farmer smoking a pipe, his wife with a baby on her back and a young boy holding a terrapin and a kettle, signed Shomin and kao; Momotaro dividing his dumplings between himself, a pheasant, a monkey and a dog, signed Yoshimasa; a bijin holding a hina doll of the Emperor in her left hand, signed Mitsumasa, crack; the demon Ibaraki in the form of an old woman recovering his severed arm and Watanabe no Tsuna ready to draw his sword, signed Hogyokuzan Minkei; and the Takarabune carrying Shichifukujin, signed Hosai
1¼in. (3.4cm.) high, 1¾in. (3.6cm.) high, 1 5/8in. (4.3cm.) high, 1½in. (3.8cm.) high, 1½in. (3.8cm.) high, 1 3/8in. (3.4cm.) high and 1¾in. (4.4cm.) high respectively (7)