A Japanese soft-metal model of a standing cockerel with flaring tail feathers -- 6in.high, wood base; a paktong rounded square handwarmer with loop handle and pierced cover, decorated with a continuous scene of figures at leisure and boys playing -- 5¼in.wide; an ivory netsuke of a standing bearded man holding a half-opened umbrella over his head -- 2¾in.high; and a boxwood carving of Hotei standing stretching his arms above his head -- 4¾in.high. (4)

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A Japanese soft-metal model of a standing cockerel with flaring tail feathers -- 6in.high, wood base; a paktong rounded square handwarmer with loop handle and pierced cover, decorated with a continuous scene of figures at leisure and boys playing -- 5¼in.wide; an ivory netsuke of a standing bearded man holding a half-opened umbrella over his head -- 2¾in.high; and a boxwood carving of Hotei standing stretching his arms above his head -- 4¾in.high. (4)

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