Thirteen ivory netsuke

19TH CENURY, EXCEPT ONE

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Thirteen ivory netsuke
19th Cenury, except one
Hotei drinking, served by two karoko, unsigned, 4.7 cm wide: a seated puppy (hairline cracks and the tail restored), signed Yoshinaga, 4.5 cm wide; a man holding a piece of cloth (a section missing at the base), signed Sanmon, 4.5 cm high; dancers beneath a large umbrella, signed Tosabu, 3 cm wide; a seated man with a tool (pieces missing), signed Tomotsugu, 3 cm high;, a carmorant fisherman (damaged and sections missing), 4 cm high; a sword polisher, signed Shomin, 4 cm high; two boys with a large snail, signed Tsunekazu, 4 cm wide; a couple and two children, (a section missing), unsigned, 4.2 cm; a group of blind men following one another (an old hairline crack), unsigned, 4 cm wide; a boy in a giant slipper, unsigned, 18th Century, 4.6 cm wide; a man putting a large fish in a wooden tub, a child beside him (age cracks), signed Gekko, 4 cm wide; and a netsuke modelled as a mountain and a building with figures going in and out (age cracks and scratches), unsigned, 5.5 cm wide (13)

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