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).

DESCRIPTION: A very fine Japanese grey shibuichi (silver and copper alloy) kozuka, c. 1740 – 1780, with a well patinated and very fine nanako background (literally “fish roe”) of tiny dome-shaped dots. The design features an egret flying over snow-laden bamboo, crafted in high relief inlays of silver, shakudo and gold. Probably Hahano or Waki-Goto School, unsigned, very superior work and in very good condition. DIMENSIONS: 3 ¾” long (9.5 cm). ... Click for details

DESCRIPTION: What a delightful piece! Here we find a processional “in the round,” as a group of characters from Japanese lore parade around a leafy tree. Among them is Diakoku with his hammer, Benkei carrying the Miidera Bell, and the blind man who has fallen and bumped his head! And of course, two oni do their best to disrupt the group and cause mischief by grabbing and pushing. Each character is carved in deep relief with wonderful expression and detail. Excellent condition with a nice pat... Click for details