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Five ivory netsuke
19th Century
The first depicting the female Sennin Seiobo and a Chinese boy lying next to each other, drinking from the Elixer of Life furo no shi; the second depicting Saishi nursing her elderly mother-in-law, while watching over her own son, signed Tomochika; the third depicting the warrior Omori Hikohichi with a female demon on his back; the fourth depicting Tokiwa Gozen, the concubine of Yoshimoto, fleeing in the snow with her three sons, the youngest son Ushiwaka at her breast, the eldest with a large sleigh; the fifth depicting the princess Josan san no Miya playing with her cat, signed Shounsai
Sizes ranging from 2.8 cm. to 5.9 cm high (5)
19th Century
The first depicting the female Sennin Seiobo and a Chinese boy lying next to each other, drinking from the Elixer of Life furo no shi; the second depicting Saishi nursing her elderly mother-in-law, while watching over her own son, signed Tomochika; the third depicting the warrior Omori Hikohichi with a female demon on his back; the fourth depicting Tokiwa Gozen, the concubine of Yoshimoto, fleeing in the snow with her three sons, the youngest son Ushiwaka at her breast, the eldest with a large sleigh; the fifth depicting the princess Josan san no Miya playing with her cat, signed Shounsai
Sizes ranging from 2.8 cm. to 5.9 cm high (5)
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