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Ivory NetsukeFOR A SPECIAL HOLIDAY GIFT...Please click on the image to enlarge the picture.  Monkey Trainer with Monkey over his left shoulder. Sambaso. Marine Ivory. Unsigned. 19C. 3” (7cm).  Happy Monkey around cherry blossoms. Unsigned. E.19C. 1 ½”. ( 3.8cm).  Two Dragons entwined in the shape of a Temple Bell. The back decorated with a lotus branch. Signed: Ichi..(?) L.19C. 1 ½ x 1 ¼ “ (3x2 ¾ cm).  Seated Ram, head turning to the left. Front legs outstretched, hind legs drawn for compactness. Unsigned. L.19C. 1 ½” (3.8cm).  Crouching Karako holding a ball (Walrus tooth). Unsigned. 18 C. 1 ¼ “ (3x2.5cm).  Chroyo kneeling next to Kosekiko on horse back and offering the later his lost shoe. Signed: Tomotane. M.19C. 1 ½ “ (4cm).  Yama Uba and Kintoki sitting on a rock looking at a monkey and a hare wrestling. Behind them a jesters monkey with a stolen peach in his hand. Exquisitely carved in marine ivory. Signed: Ono Ryoji with Kao. .19C. Ex. Carlo Monzini coll. 1 ½ “ (3.5cm)  Hanasaka Jiji sitting on a tree stump with his basket of seeds. The old man who makes dead trees flower. Signed: Ryuraku. 19 C. 1 ¼” (3.2cm).  Bronze Yatate (writing implement) in the shape of a pumpkin. Unsigned. 19C. 6 3/8” (16cm). Denise Cohen, dealer in fine Netsuke and Ojime. |