A miscellaneous group of ten netsuke, two sagemono, three Shibayama style pieces and one ivory box and cover


Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 18th to 19th centuryThe nine wood netsuke comprising: Gama Sennin standing, unsigned, 8cm (3 1/8in) high; rats inside Daikoku's large sack, signed Rokujuroku-o (aged 60), Motokazu to, 6cm (2 3/8in) wide; two wolves with inlaid eyes, one inscribed Tomotada, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) wide, another unsigned, 5.5cm (2 1/8in) wide; two mushrooms, unsigned, 5.4cm (2 1/8in) wide; Jurojin standing on a Chinese-style table, beneath which a boy hides, signed Shugetsu, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) high; two frogs resting on a discarded roof tile, the eyes inlaid, unsigned, 4.7cm (1 7/8in) wide; two Noh mask netsuke, one of Jo (old man), signed Masayoshi, 4.5cm (1¾in) high, another of Okina, signed Kokei with a kao, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) high; a mixed metal manju netsuke, carved with a family of chickens, unsigned, 4cm (1½in) diam.; the first sagemono, an ivory two-case inro, lacquered with a biwa (East Asian lute) on the front, two family crests on the reverse, unsigned, 5cm (2in) high, with an ivory manju netsuke and a bone ojime; a bamboo tonkotsu, unsigned, 7cm (¾in) wide, with a glass ojime; a Shibayama-style inlaid circular ivory box and cover, the cover typically decorated with a swallow in flight by autumn plants, unsigned, 6.5cm x 3.2cm (2 5/8in x 1¼in); a Shibayama-style wood and ivory short cane, unsigned, 31cm (12 1/8in) long; a Shibayama-style ivory glove stretcher, unsigned, 24.5cm (9 5/8in) long; a small square ivory box and cover, signed Kikukawa with a kao, 6.1cm x 5.8cm x 1.3cm (2 3/8in x 2¼in x ½in). (18).