Five ivory and one tsuishu lacquer netsuke
The second by Anraku, the fourth by Bunsho and the fifth by Tomohisa, 19th century
Comprising: one of Toba riding a mule, unsigned, 7.6cm (3in) high; the second of two travellers, the woman pouring sake for her companion, signed Anraku, 3.8cm (1½in); the third of a karako pushing a large snowball on one side with his dog seated on the other, unsigned, 5.1cm (2in) wide; the fourth of Jittoku and Kanzan with their respective attributes, signed Bunsho, 4cm (1½in); the fifth of two egg testers, signed Tomohisa, 3.2cm (1¼in); the sixth a tsuishu-lacquer figure of a seated child doing bekkanko with one hand and hiding a mask behind his back with the other, unsigned. (6).