Fine Asian Art Eight

The rodent seated, leaning forward, its body twisted slightly to the left with its tail trailing around in front, its front paws resting over two ...

Seated, its head slightly raised, scratching its cheek with its left hind paw, its eyes inlaid in dark horn; unsigned. 2.7cm x 3.2cm.Condition Rep...

Carved as a young frog clambering over its parent’s back, the adult’s eyes inlaid in dark horn, signed on the base of the larger frog Masanao. 3...

Shown reclined with its head raised and turned to the left, its legs drawn in for compactness, its tail lashing forward around the right flank, it...

Seated in a typical manner, its head raised with mouth open, drumming its stomach, its eyes inlaid in dark horn, its right paw held aloft, signed ...

Recumbent, its body curled to the right and its head lowered gripping its long tail, trailing beneath, forming a compact composition in slightly w...

Seated, its head turned to the left, holding protectively a leafy branch of peach in both hands, its eyes inlaid in dark horn; unsigned. 3.2cm h...

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TANUKI (RACCOON DOG) EDO PERIOD (1615-1868), EARLY/MID-19TH CENTURYThe raccoon dog seated, dressed in a short jacket, laughing...

The giant snake ambushing its prey by wrapping its long body tightly around the defenceless toad, the toad’s head peering out of a looped coil, st...

The wasp carved in high relief and deeply undercut within a large gnawed cavity on the front of the fruit, the skin of the fruit carved all over w...

One rabbit seated with its ears raised in alert, its head lowered grooming itself, the other standing, nestled against its side, resting one forep...

Resting with its tentacles rising up and curling around its large head, forming a compact composition, its eyes inlaid in dark horn, its tentacles...

The sabre-toothed tiger seated, turning left to look over its shoulder, its long tailed curled around and beneath its body, the tiger’s stripes fi...

The large shishi (Chinese mythical lion) head carved with a movable jaw and tight curls of a mane on the top, the himotoshi formed from the bar on...

Seated on the ground, his head and face covered with a cloth tied around his neck, his knees bent attempting to rise beneath the weight of a large...

Standing, his head slightly turned to the left, one hand clutching his exaggeratedly long rosary draped around the right side of hisemaciated body...

The demon crouching beneath a large straw hat, holding a square box, attempting to hide from beans thrown during the Setsubun ceremony to exorcise...

The man naked save for a loin cloth, kneeling inside a large wooden inverted cistern, both hands gripping a tool, planing the wood intently; unsig...

Standing with one one hand resting over his tall, conical basket carried across his chest, and the other holding a bamboo cane, his performing pet...

The open boat poled by a kneeling boatman with five passengers on board, including a samurai, two Manzai dancers, one holding a fan, the other sea...

Finely carved as a bifurcated stalk of two sinuous stems of reishi fungi, forming a compact composition, the wood with a chocolate- brown patina p...

The inlaid ivory slug slithering over the head of a large mushroom, the thick stalk forming the himotoshi beneath, the slightly worn wood with a g...

The frog squatting with an alert expression at one end of a folded leaf, the textures of the smooth skin of the frog contrasting with the veining ...

The wood bowl fitted with a shibuichi plate applied in high relief of pewter and shell with three warabi (edible ferns), signed on the reverse Iss...

Naturalistically carved as a long lotus stalk trailing forward over the large pod fitted with several loose seeds within, the curling stalk formin...

In the form of a conch shell enclosing within intricately carved Chinese-style architectural buildings of Ryujin, the Dragon King’s Palace, in the...

The smooth-skinned tree frog resting, its raised head bearing an alert expression, on the back of the tortoise which is almost completely envelope...

The compact figure shown seated looking to the right, holding a pierced, brocade ball between its front paws, the hair and flowing mane finely car...

Seated on his circular drum, pulling at the cord with one hand, peering downwards, one leg shown on the reverse through a hole in the drum, formin...

The demon-queller standing, holding his broad sword with one hand and the brim of his large hat with the other, a oni (demon) sprawling on the top...

Clustered together and forming a compact composition, four masks on one side comprising Okame, Oni (devil), Beshimi and a young boy and three mask...

The brocade ball decorated in polychrome lacquer with details sprinkled with silver powder with a typical geometric pattern, with a tomogire cloth...

Shoki, the demon-queller standing and holding a broad sword with one foot pressing down a koinobori (carp streamer) trapping the oni (demon) hidin...

Comprising three monkeys, the adult seated and holding one offspring between its feet, playing with its leg, a second monkey climbing over the adu...

Carved with three tortoises in a basket, two clambering over the top and the third smallest tortoise crawling out from a hole on the side, signed ...

The monkey seated, its head lowered, turning slightly to the left, picking fleas from its left leg, the right leg forming the himotoshi, the wood ...

Seated on a withered tree stump and making it blossom by scattering the ashes of his deceased neighbours, both his hands holding the ashes contain...

Comprising one adult rat seated on two beans and its four offspring clambering over its back, their long tails trailing beneath forming the himoto...

Finely carved as a plump quail standing on two millet stalks and leaves, one trailing beneath forming the himotoshi, its legs held close to its br...

The demon holding and kneeling behind a large straw hat, attempting to hide from the beans thrown during the Setsubun ceremony to exorcise him and...

Carved as Kiyohime, transformed into the serpentine demon, holding a large striker and coiling herself around the bell of Dojoji, the handle in th...

The artisan seated cross-legged over an upturned wheel, bending forward with both hands positioning his kanna (plane) to smooth the wood, signed a...

Lying asleep, her head resting on her right hand, her long hair trailing over her robe carved and engraved with diaper and swirling cloud designs;...

Carved as Kiyohime, manifesting as the dragon witch with her long serpentine tail winding around the temple bell, showing through a crack on one s...

Seated, her head resting on her hand and her eyes closed as she peacefully slumbers, her long hair falling over the back of her robe carved with r...

The dragon-prowed boat depicting probably two Chinese men, an official and attendant seated inside a covered area on deck,one looking out from the...

Comprising a monkey grappling with a giant carp, unsigned, 2.5cm x 3.5cm; the second an emaciated wolf seated and gnawing into a skull, signed Iss...

Comprising a young woman seated on tied brushwood, resting, holding a pipe, signed Hozan, 4.5cm x 3.5cm; another carved as an old woman standing i...

The aged poetess depicted as a hunchbacked and emaciated woman, wearing rags with a tattered broad straw hat slung on her back, seated on a fallen...

Carved as Okame, the Goddess of Mirth, bearing a gleeful expression, wearing geta (high wooden clogs) kneeling before a shallow tub of water with ...

Comprising a lacquered-wood Kyogen mask of a monkey, of typical countenance with large staring eyes inlaid in pale amber, the reverse with a horiz...

The rounded-rectangular body with a densely-inlaid shell body decorated in gold hiramaki-e with stylised curling leaves and foliage issuing from o...

The rounded rectangular body with a kinji ground decorated in contrasting tones of gold takamaki-e and e-nashiji with an all-over design of overla...

The broad, rounded rectangular body with a roiro-nuri ground decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and details highlighted in kirikane and e-na...

The tall slender body with a roiro- nuri ground decorated in gold and redtakamaki-e, hiramaki-e and kirikane with a tancho-zuru (red-crested crane...

The rounded rectangular body with a roiro- nuri ground decorated in gold takamaki-e with auspicious New Year symbols, depicting a portrait of Juro...

The lenticular body with a gyobu nashiji ground decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi maki-e with highlights of kirikane ...

The lenticular body with a kinji ground decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, and kirikane with three falcons, two perched on rocks sheltered ...

The broad, rounded rectangular body with a dense gyobu ground decorated in gold takamaki-e and kirikane with subtle details inlaid in shell, depic...

The rounded rectangular body with a kinji ground lacquered in gold and slight colour takamaki-e and hiramaki-e with a peacock with its wings outst...