Seven wood animal netsuke and a wood okimono


Edo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th centuryComprising: a chin dog resting on a large fan, its handle inlaid, unsigned, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) wide; a dog seated upright, clutching a large kemari (football), the eyes inlaid, inscribed Tomotada, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high; two playing pups, their eyes inlaid, signed Sozan, 3.2cm (1¼in) wide; a pup seated, its head turned to the left, unsigned, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) wide; a large shishi seated, holding a large ball in a protective manner, unsigned, 6.7cm (2 5/8in) wide; a shishi seated, snarling, signed Gyokko, 5.1cm (2in) high; a fox with human limbs seated, reading a book, unsigned, 3.8cm (1½in) high; the okimono of the Sanbiki no Saru (Three Mystic Apes), supporting a glass ball, unsigned, 7.6cm (3in) high. (9).