A Lacquered Dark Wood and Polychrome Netsuke

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1900: item #1033105
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A delighful lacquered dark wood and polychrome netsuke carved as an expressive Bugaku face mask. The mask is crowned by the head of an emerging kylin-like creature. Incised signature on reverse reads Motoyoshi. This lacquered-wood netsuke is in very good condition with minimal natural wear commensurate with age. Length: 1.75" 19th Century, Japan

Fine Japanese Netsuke, Mouse on Tawara(Straw bag)

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1900: item #1026731
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The size of Netsuke: 2 1/4"L x 1 1/8" W x 1 1/4" H. Very unusual and nice Japanese Antique Netsuke. Netsuke is made from Kokutan (black ebony wood which is hard wood). Design subject is one mouse on the top of Tawara(rice straw bag) which is very finely carved in the detail. One suprise is there is one hole at the one end of bag, there is white mouse peeking out from Tawara. To bring out the white mouse or to make disappearing mouse by littel shape Netsu which white mouse will desappear. The whi... Click for details

A boxwood netsuke of mushrooms

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1900: item #1017375
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Unsigned, 19th century
Height: 1 1/2 in. (3.66 cm.)

A wood netsuke realistically carved to depict three mushrooms of different sizes, all joined by the stem, the natural himotoshi formed by the medium-size mushroom.

Provenance: Karl Schmidt... Click for details

A wood netsuke by Mitsuhiro

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1900: item #1017341
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Signed Mitsuhiro (Ohara), 1810-1875
Height: 2 in. (5.2 cm.)

A very good wood netsuke of a snail curiously looking into a broken sake bottle engraved with an image of Hotei, the snail and bottle stained with different colors to differentiate them from one another; signed on a rectangular ivory tablet "Mitsuhiro".... Click for details

A boxwood netsuke of gecko and young by Masatoshi

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1980: item #1015896
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Contemporary, December 1961
Length: 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm.)

A powerful and realistic carving of a large gecko, its head slightly turned and looking at its young standing on its side. Masatoshi named this netsuke "Yamori no oyako", translating in English to "Gecko and young".... Click for details

An ebony nestuke by Masatoshi

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1980: item #1015887
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Contemporary
Height: 3 3/8 in. (8.53 cm.)

A wood netsuke carved in the manner of the tall figures from the Edo period, depicting a bearded old man standing, his robe uncovering his shoulders, holding in both hands a large snake wrapped around and resting its head on his long beard, the himotoshi located on the back of the figure and comp... Click for details

A small bamboo netsuke

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1900: item #1015856
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Unsigned, probably 19th century
Height: 1 in. (2.6 cm.)

Carved from the node of bamboo and using the natural form of the plant, the small netsuke depicts a face hidden under a hood, resembling that of Okame. The eyes and lips are highlighted with a little red and black lacquer, two small holes are carved on the right side of the hood to ... Click for details

A wood sashi-netsuke

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1900: item #1015807
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Signed Shogyoku, 19th century
Length: 5 3/8 in. (13.72 cm.)

A stained soft wood, probably boxwood, shashi-netsuke of the usual form with a long slender body moving inwards at both extremeties to fit on a sash, finely incised on the front and back with a reishi fungus, the top forming a stylized phoenix spreading its wing in flight with g... Click for details

An ebony netsuke of a recumbent ox

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1837 VR: item #1015492
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By Tanaka Minko, 1735-1816
Length: 1 3/4 in. (4.3 cm.)

A small but fine study of an recumbent ox, its head slightly turned to the left, its legs drawn beneath the body, the front right leg forming a natural himotoshi, the eyes inlaid in the usual manner with brass and dark pupils, the genitals with remains of red lacquer, signed "Minko" ... Click for details

A boxwood netsuke

Japanese: Netsuke: Wood Pre 1900: item #1015486
1015486

Unsigned, 19th century
Height: 2 1/8 in. (5.4 cm.)

A boxwood carving of the Chinese God of Wealth Liu Hai, one foot resting on his three-legged toad, holding a string of cash wrapled around his back over his shoulder, one coin carved loosely. The Chinese carving adapted to work as a netsuke with an himotoshi on the middle of the back.... Click for details