DESCRIPTION: Impressive Edo Period (c. 1800- 1886) Japanese samurai doll, or musha ningyo, made for display on Boy’s Day which is celebrated annually in Japan on May 5. This seated samurai has wonderful detailing in the cotton and silk brocade costume, and is rendered in full armor with yoroi and kabuto. The samurai has a beautifully expressive gofun face, and accessories include a quiver with four arrows. CONDITION: Some wear and fading to fabric in places. DIMENSIONS: 18 ½” high (47 cm) x ... Click for details

DESCRIPTION: An outstanding manji netsuke of squared shape, finely carved on both sides with cavorting shi shi (foo, or lion dogs) amid blooming peonies with a lightly textured background. This netsuke has been lacquered in the negoro technique, using a bright iron-red lacquer over black, resulting in a truly beautiful effect that highlights the skilled carving work of great detail and animation. An ivory cotter pin secures the netsuke to the silk cord. Meiji Period, from a private collection... Click for details

DESCRIPTION: A beautifully carved and quite realistic Japanese boxwood netsuke, crafted in the form of a walnut shell with blooming chrysanthemums on the top and bottom. This netsuke dates from the late Edo to early Meiji Period, is unsigned, and in excellent condition with a wonderful, warm patina. DIMENSIONS: 1 3/8” long (3.5 cm).

DESCRIPTION: A pair of spring themed menuki with considerable age, crafted from a yamagane base (unrefined copper), hand engraved with mercury gilding in a design of bracken and horsetail sprouts. C. 1420 – 1470, unsigned, and of quite good quality and condition. DIMENSIONS: 2” long (5 cm).

DESCRIPTION: A fine Japanese shakudo (copper alloy) kozuka, c. 1600 – 1650, with a well patinated and fine nanako background (literally “fish roe”) of tiny dome-shaped dots. Excellent hand worked detail in the high relief gold overlay design, featuring a man in a cap gathering spring shoots of rushes he has cut with a sickle. Waki-Goto School, possibly Kaga, but unsigned; good quality and condition. DIMENSIONS: 4” long (10 cm).

DESCRIPTION: Pair of cast brass menuki, c. 1760 – 1810, in the form of male and female dragons, cast from Goto originals, unsigned. Excellent condition. DIMENSIONS: Each approximately 1 7/8” long (4.75 cm).