TWO WOOD AND ONE BAMBOO OKIMONO (TABLE ORNAMENTS)Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryComprising two wood models of Hotei, the God of Happiness, typically shown wearing loose robes partially open exposing his belly and carrying his treasure sack over one shoulder, one signed on the baseRokko, the third possibly a Chinese bamboo model of a recumbent adultshishi (Chinese mythical lion) playing with a brocade ball, its offspring clambering over its haunches;unsigned.The Hotei: 10cm (3 7/8in) and 11cm (4 5/8in) high; the shishi: 7.6cm x 10.5cm (3in x 4 1/8in). (3).Provenance: A similar example of the second by the artist was sold at Spink & Son, 22 March 1990, lot 95. A similar unillustrated example is also in Frederick Meinertzhagen,MCI: The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, New York, Alan R. Liss Inc., 1986, p.652.