EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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Five Wood Netsuke and One Ivory Netsuke
Edo Period (19th Century)
Of a frog on roof tiles, eyes inlaid in shell, with a seal sho; a wolf gnawing a skull, ivory inset eyes; an ape eating a fruit, with signature Masanao; Nitan no Shiro on a boar, signed Shuraku, one eye inlay missing; Chin'nan evoking a dragon from a bowl, signed Gyokusai; and a Sennin holding on to a monkey seated on his shoulder, worn
1¾in. (4.5cm.), 1½in. (3.8cm.), 16in. (4cm.), 2in. (5cm.) wide, 2.3/8in. (6cm.) and 3.1/8in. (8cm.) high respectively (6)
Edo Period (19th Century)
Of a frog on roof tiles, eyes inlaid in shell, with a seal sho; a wolf gnawing a skull, ivory inset eyes; an ape eating a fruit, with signature Masanao; Nitan no Shiro on a boar, signed Shuraku, one eye inlay missing; Chin'nan evoking a dragon from a bowl, signed Gyokusai; and a Sennin holding on to a monkey seated on his shoulder, worn
1¾in. (4.5cm.), 1½in. (3.8cm.), 16in. (4cm.), 2in. (5cm.) wide, 2.3/8in. (6cm.) and 3.1/8in. (8cm.) high respectively (6)