A signed, tinted ivory kataborinetsuke from the late Edo period (early 19th C.). A triangular composition on a pierced oval pedestal depicting a cowherd resting on the back of a napping cow, it’s head towards the ground, his wife at rest on the ground next to them. Height: 1-1/2” (3.7cm). From the Alfred Honigbaum (d. 1939) collection of Asian art. Please note: Because of CITES restrictions we cannot ship ivory netsuke outside of the United States.
WOOD NETSUKE OF A CHINESE SCHOLAR. An unsigned worn and well-patinated netsuke, mid to late 18th Century, of Jurogin, one of the Seven Gods of Felicity, representing wisdom and depicted as a Chinese scholar stroking his beard and holding what appears to be a fly whisk behind his back. Dimensions: 8.5cm (3-1/2”) high.
Four wooden netsuke modeled after Noh theatre masks, the dark wood of a uniform color, the back of each bearing the mark “Deme to” (the Deme family of carvers). The height of each, from left to right in photo 1, 4.6cm (1-3/4”), 4.5cm (1-3/4”), 3.5cm (1-1/2”) and 3cm (1-1/4”).
A tiny, charming, signed, Edo period (18th/19th Century) tinted ivory netsuke with a pleasing, timeworn smoothness, depicting Sarumawashi, the traveling monkey showman, his monkey emerging from a large sack draped across his shoulders, the ends of which he is clutching with both hands. The two himotoshi are rather ingeniously placed for actual use, one back center and one along the right thigh, in such a manner that when strung and attached to an inro, both faces, that of Sarumawashi and that ... Click for details
An 18th or early 19th century finely detailed three-case inro, of cherry wood bark and brown lacquer, with intricate fine raden inlay. Both sides feature a stylized dragon with outstretched claws amidst clouds, the detail enhanced by the cut-a-way of multiple layers of lacquer and bark and further accented with reddish and green hued mother-of-pearl. The sides are flanked with tubular type himotoshi decorated with the same softly glowing, multi-colored mother-of-pearl inlaid in a very narrow r... Click for details
Of the usual form comprising of two fitted bowls, the exterior decorated with a portrait of an old man wearing a garment embroidered with a phoenix. Several Sennin can be associated with magical birds, and among one of them is the Sennin Shoki (not to be confused with the Demon Dwell... Click for details
A simple, yet attractive kagamibuta comprising an ebony bowl and copper plate inlaid shakudo and partially gilt, depicting a branch of peach, the symbol of immortality.
