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19TH CENTURY
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Five netsuke in different materials
19th century
The first a wood netsuke depicting a sparrow dancer sitting in a straddle and touching his toes; the second a wood netsuke depicting a kneeling Tanuki, wearing a high straw hat, in the left hand a bottle and in the right hand one of his sandals, the eyes inlaid, signed Masayuki; the third a silver model of a samurai helmet; the fourth a wood model of a section of a trunk of irregular rustic form inset with a small fly and a spider in silver; the fifth a lacquered wood netsuke depicting a cicada sitting on a round sockle
Sizes ranging from 2.5 cm. to 4.5 cm. high (5)
19th century
The first a wood netsuke depicting a sparrow dancer sitting in a straddle and touching his toes; the second a wood netsuke depicting a kneeling Tanuki, wearing a high straw hat, in the left hand a bottle and in the right hand one of his sandals, the eyes inlaid, signed Masayuki; the third a silver model of a samurai helmet; the fourth a wood model of a section of a trunk of irregular rustic form inset with a small fly and a spider in silver; the fifth a lacquered wood netsuke depicting a cicada sitting on a round sockle
Sizes ranging from 2.5 cm. to 4.5 cm. high (5)
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €5,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €5,001 and €400,000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €400,001. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.