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A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF SARU, 19TH CENTURYlacquered wood, signed with seal ‘Hô’4.4cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.88

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A SMALL SARU, BY MASANAO, 19TH CENTURYboxwood with eyes inlaid in mid toned horn, signed ‘Masanao’3cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.92

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF USOBUKI, BY NAOYA, 20TH CENTURYcopper with gilt eyes and solid gold bar behind, signed ‘Naoya’ with a stamped mark3.4cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.94

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF USOBUKI, BY SUKENOBU, EARLY 20TH CENTURYwood, signed ‘Sukenobu’4.9cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.95

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF OKAME, BY GYOKUSHIN, 19TH CENTURYsilver and black lacquered wood, signed ‘Gyokushin’4.3cm highThe artist is possibly Miki Gyokushin. There are two lacquered combs by him in the Casals Collection, Osaka. There are good reasons to think he may have been a pupil of Ikeda Taishin. Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.111

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF OTO, BY BAZAN, 19TH CENTURYlacquered wood, signed ‘Bazan’5.7cm highA rare mask by the artist.Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.100

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF OKAME, BY SHUMIN, 19TH CENTURYboxwood, signed ‘Shumin’4.6cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.105

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF OKAME, BY KUNIMITSU, EARLY 19TH CENTURYboxwood, signed ‘Kunimitsu’4.3cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.107

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF OKAME, 20TH CENTURYgold and black lacquered wood, unsigned4.8cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.112

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF OKAME, BY SHIBATA (IKEDA) SHINSAI, 19TH CENTURYsilver and black lacquered wood, signed ‘Shinsa’4.4cm highThe artist was the son of the great Shibata Zeshin.Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.113

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A LARGE ONI, 18TH CENTURYwood with traces of red pigment in the mouth, unsigned6.7cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.127

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF ONI, 20TH CENTURYstag antler with inlaid dark horn eyes, unsigned4.4cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.132

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF ONI, LATE 19TH CENTURYstag antler, the himotoshi bar carved as tied silk cords, unsigned4.2cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.134

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF ONI WITH OKAME BEHIND, LATE 18TH CENTURYboxwood, unsigned4.5cm highThe subject alludes to the annual new year cleansing ritual oni-yarai setsubun. Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.137

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF BAKEMONO, BY GARAKUSAI, 19TH CENTURYwood, signed ‘Garakusai zo’4.4cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.141

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A FEMALE DEMON, BY GYOKUMITSU, 19TH CENTURYwood, signed ‘Gyokumitsu’4.6cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.144

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF KARASU-TENGU, BY SOMIN, 19TH CENTURYtsuishu lacquer, signed ‘Somin to’5.2cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.151

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF DAIKOKU, BY FUKUSAI, 20TH CENTURYstag antler, signed ‘Fukusai’4.5cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.166

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF SHISHI, 19TH CENTURYlacquered wood, unsigned3.4cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.168

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF SHISHI, LATE 19TH CENTURYwood, with signature ‘Tomokazu’3.6cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.169

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF USOBUKI, CIRCLE OF RYUZAN, LATE 19TH CENTURYgold lacquered wood, signed with a kaô3.4cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.170

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF AN OCTOPUS, LATE 19TH CENTURYboxwood with eyes inlaid in dark buffalo horn, inscribed tako [octopus]5cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.177

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF HEIKE-GANI, EARLY 20TH CENTURYpale boxwood, unsigned4.3cm highIn the style of Kokeisai Sansho. According to legend, the strangely shaped crabs of Akamagaseki are the remains of Heike warriors killed by the Minamoto. See Davey and Tripp’s catalogue of the Garrett collection, p.277.Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.206

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A HIRSUTE DEMON, BY HOZAN, EARLY 20TH CENTURYdark stained polished boxwood, signed ‘nana-ju-issai Hozan’ with kaô, giving the age of the artist as 715.1cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.205

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A FROWNING MAN, LATE 19TH CENTURYpale boxwood, unsigned3.8cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.184

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A MOROSE MAN, 20TH CENTURYgold lacquered wood, unsigned5cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.191

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A MOROSE MAN, 20TH CENTURYgold lacquered wood, unsigned5cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.193

A JAPANESE NETSUKE OF A CLUSTER OF NOH AND KYOGEN MASKS, LATE 19TH CENTURYstained wood with stag antler inlays, unsigned4.5cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.197

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE TENGU-SOMEN, 19TH CENTURYlacquered iron, unsigned5.1cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.203

A JAPANESE NETSUKE OF A CLUSTER OF MASKS, BY HARUAKI, LATE 19TH CENTURYshibuichi with some gilt eyes and copper lips, signed ‘Haruaki’4.1cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.221

TWO JAPANESE NETSUKE MASKS OF OTO, 19TH CENTURYwood, one covered in worn lacquer, the other double-sided with a male mask behind, unsigned4.2 and 5.3cm high(2)

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF BAKEMONO, 19TH CENTURYwood, unsigned4.3cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.207

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF SHIKAMI, EARLY 20TH CENTURYlacquered wood, unsigned3.6cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.223

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A LARGE REVERSIBLE MASK OF HIRSUTE MEN, LATE 18TH CENTURYpolished wood, unsigned6.8cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.209

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A SIMIAN MAN, 19TH CENTURYwood, unsigned4.4cm high

A JAPANESE NETSUKE OF A MASK WRAPPED IN A CLOTH, 19TH CENTURYash tray style netsuke, wood, with green stained stag antler peg, unsigned4.2cm high(2)

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF OTO, 19TH CENTURYblack wood, unsigned6.2cm high

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A LAUGHING OLD MAN, 20TH CENTURYwood, unsigned4.5cm high

ROLF AND SYLVIA SCHMOLLhandwritten catalogue of the mask netsuke in the Müller collection, each mask with its own page, photographed and described in Mrs. Schmoll’s precise hand, in small faux leather lever arch files (4)

BARRY DAVIES ORIENTAL ARTexhibition catalogues: Japanese Lacquer, Nambokucho to Zeshin (Dean collection); Netsuke through Three Centuries ; Netsuke and Inro from European Collections; The Netsuke Collection of W.G. Bosshard (4)

FOUR ESSENTIAL BOOKS ON NETSUKER. Bushell, Netsuke Familiar and Unfamiliar; his Collectors’ Netsuke; R. Barker & L. Smith, Netsuke (British Museum); J. Hutt, Japanese Netsuke (V&A Museum) (4)

ESKENAZIexhibition catalogues of lacquer: The Charles A Greenfield collection of Japanese lacquer (hardback); Japanese netsuke, inro and lacquer-ware (hardback); Japanese inro from private collections; together with M. Fairley, Contemporary Lacquer by Tomizo Saratani (4)

SYDNEY L. MOSS LTD.exhibition catalogues: Zodiac Beasts And Distant Cousins; Myth, Reality and Magical Transformation; Japanese Netsuke: Serious Art; Meetings with Remarkable Netsuke; Odd Men Out; Outside the Box; More Things in Heaven and Earth; such stuff as dreams are made on; One hundred years of beatitude; they are all fire and every one doth shine (10)The first is scarce.

BRITISH NETSUKE COLLECTIONSN.K. Davey, Netsuke (Hindson Collection, 1974), dedicated by the author; G. Cohen, In search of Netsuke & Inro; handbook of the London Netsuke Fair and Convention (1990); R. Barker & L. Smith, Netsuke; V. Harris, Netsuke (Hull Grundy collection) (5)The last two on netsuke in the British Museum.

IRVING GOULDGould Collection of NetsukeIn box

U.S. COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONSV. Atchley & N. Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection; Edwards & Krebs, Netsuke (Peabody Museum, Salem); M. Welch & S. Chappell, Netsuke (Minneapolis exhibition, 1999); J. Earle, Netsuke, Fantasy and Reality (Boston exhibition, 2001) (4)

ESKENAZIexhibition catalogues of netsuke: including the Carré, Veranneman, Lazarnick, Greene collections as well as exhibitions of netsuke(9)The first three hard back.

GEORGE LAZARNICK (Ed.)Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures(2)

BOOKS ON MUSEUM COLLECTIONS OF NETSUKEDavey& Tripp, The Garrett Collection; H. Arakawa, The Go Collection of Netsuke; P. Jirka-Schmitz, The World of Netsuke (Werdelmann collection); Edwards & Krebs, Netsuke (Peabody Museum, Salem) (4)The first notable for its collection of mask netsuke.

A SET OF NETSUKE JOURNALS 1973-2013, LARGELY BOUNDUnder its 3 different titles, 12 vols. of the Journal of the International Netsuke Collectors’ Society collected in 3 wood and leather bindings, vols. 1-25 of the subsequent titles bound 4 years together, including photographic reproduction of the scarce issue 7/2 (1987). Incomplete loose issues vols. 26 (2006) to 33 (2013), and with the loose index for vols. 13-20 (9 bound volumes, 33 loose journals)

M.-T. COULLERY & M.S. NEWSTEADBaur Collection, Geneva, Netsuke

BOOKS ON CONTEMPORARY NETSUKER. Bushell, The Arte of Netsuke Carving (Masatoshi); M. Kinsey, Contemporary Netsuke; Princess H. Takamado, Contemporary Netsuke (2003); H. Arakawa, Netsuke, Takumi and Share (4)

BOOKS ON INROChampoud Collection, Inro (publ. Kyoto Shoin); Werlich & Germann, Inro, Gürtelschmuck aus Japan (Trumpf Collection); Lawrence & Brozman, Japanese Inro; Barry Davies, Inro, One Hundred Selected Masterpieces; G. Cohen, In search of Netsuke & Inro (5)

~A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE, BY RANSEN, KYOTO, EDO PERIOD, MID 19TH CENTURYcarved as a chick hatching from its egg, signed to oval reserve3.6cm long

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF KARURA (GARUDA), BY KOKEISAI SANSHO, OSAKA, 1871-1926pale boxwood, signed with the kaô5.1cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.2

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A GURNING GHOUL, BY KOKEISAI SANSHO, EARLY 20TH CENTURYpale boxwood, signed with kaoō3.9cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.220

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF KARASU-TENGU, BY JOGETSU, MID 19TH CENTURYdark wood, signed ‘Jogetsu to’3.8cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.219

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF KONRON, 19TH CENTURYlacquered wood, the eyes inlaid in what is probably dark buffalo horn, unsigned4.1cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.8

A JAPANESE DOUBLE MASK NETSUKE OF OKAME AND SHOJO, ATTRIBUTED TO SHUGETSU OR SHUMIN, 19TH CENTURYboxwood, unsigned4.2cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.208

A JAPANESE MASK NETSUKE OF A LONG NOSED MAN, 19TH CENTURYpale boxwood, unsigned with kaô4.8cm high Peter E. Müller Japanese Mask Collection No.12