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IVORY FIGURAL NETSUKE
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Lot 56Y
Seven ivory netsuke and okimono netsuke Mid to late 19th century
7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,750 inc. premium
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Mid to late 19th century
Comprising: a monkey looking through spectacles to examine an inro with its peach netsuke, signed Masatami, 3.8cm (1½in); a piebald dog seated, its head turned down licking one of its two puppies at its feet, signed Kikutei, 3.2cm (1¼in); a crab on a large lotus leaf, the signature panel missing, 4.5cm (1¾in); a wolf seated, gnawing at a large human skull, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in); and three okimono of the Sanbiki Saru (Three Mystic Apes), each wearing a diaper-patterned coat, one signed Masatami, each approx., 3.8cm (1½in). (7).
Comprising: a monkey looking through spectacles to examine an inro with its peach netsuke, signed Masatami, 3.8cm (1½in); a piebald dog seated, its head turned down licking one of its two puppies at its feet, signed Kikutei, 3.2cm (1¼in); a crab on a large lotus leaf, the signature panel missing, 4.5cm (1¾in); a wolf seated, gnawing at a large human skull, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in); and three okimono of the Sanbiki Saru (Three Mystic Apes), each wearing a diaper-patterned coat, one signed Masatami, each approx., 3.8cm (1½in). (7).
























