Two Japanese wood and ivory bowls modelled as noh-masks, both with mouths opened and protruding teeth -- 2½.in.long, signed on an ivory tablet; a bronze netsuke modelled as a dragon coiled around a nut -- 1¼.in.wide; an ivory and gold lacquer manju netsuke decorated with a figure in a interior, the reverse with an oni -- 1¾.in.diam, signed; an ivory netsuke of a seated man with a bowl -- 1¼.in high; a Chinese agate snuff bottle -- 2½.in.high; a pierced ivory seal -- 2¾.in.high; and a miniature soapstone carving of a monkey. (8)

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Two Japanese wood and ivory bowls modelled as noh-masks, both with mouths opened and protruding teeth -- 2½.in.long, signed on an ivory tablet; a bronze netsuke modelled as a dragon coiled around a nut -- 1¼.in.wide; an ivory and gold lacquer manju netsuke decorated with a figure in a interior, the reverse with an oni -- 1¾.in.diam, signed; an ivory netsuke of a seated man with a bowl -- 1¼.in high; a Chinese agate snuff bottle -- 2½.in.high; a pierced ivory seal -- 2¾.in.high; and a miniature soapstone carving of a monkey. (8)

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