Description
~SET OF FOUR NETSUKE
including three in elephant’s ivory, depicting a woman carrying her sleeping child on her back; a man wearing a ‘shishimai’ mask, both mounted on small wooden bases; the third depicting a man carrying a child on his back; the fourth, in wood and ivory, depicting a sambaso dancer wearing a tall hat, with an ivory face and feet, and a movable tongue.
(Minor cracks; the dancer’s head was formerly movable but has been secured with a dot of glue).
Japan, late Edo–early Meiji periods, 19th century.
FOUR CARVED WOODEN AND IVORY NETSUKE, JAPAN, LATE EDO–EARLY MEIJI PERIODS, 19TH CENTURY.
HEIGHT: 4.7 CM (1 13/16 IN.) – 4.7 CM (1 13/16 IN.) – 4.8 CM (1 7/8 IN.) – 5.6 CM (2 3/16 IN.)
This lot is accompanied by a CIC issued on 04/08/2026. It may not be imported into any country outside the EU. This lot is sold with a CIC issued on 08/04/2026 and cannot be exported to any country outside the EU.
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