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Japanese Meiji period, Japanese carved ivory Netsuke of a horse drawn cart with erotic figures on the inside, signature to base, 7cm across.

Antique Ivory Erotic Netsuke Finely carved in the form of a recumbent nude female figure lying on a shikibuton, her knees drawn up to her chest, her arm behind her head. Signed to underside. Good condition, length, 2 inches. This figure cannot be exported outside the E.U without a CITES permit.

Collection of ten carved wood netsuke, mostly signed

Six small cabinet or scholar's objects, comprising: a wood netsuke of a karashishi; a mottled green dish, 5.5 cm diameter; an oval seal; a green stone or jade figure, 8 cm high; a mottled stone carving designed as a squirrel and a gourd, 5.5 cm high; a small figure of Budai, 4 cm high (6)Please note that some wear, deterioration or damage extant.

An ivory netsuke of three karako, standing beside one another and studying two makemono, unsigned, 4 cm high, Meiji PeriodSome wear or deterioration including a visible age crack.

An ivory netsuke carved as three blind masseurs (amma) fighting with each other, 4cm high, unsigned, 19th CenturySome wear or fritting.

Seven ivory netsuke, including: one of Jurojin holding a makemono; and one of Gama Sennin holding his magic toad; the tallest 9.5 cm high. All 19th/20th Century (7)

A stag antler netsuke of a standing Sennin, holding a staff and with different sized holes for the himotoshi; 8.5 cm high, Edo PeriodWell worn with some extremity deterioration.

JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE. Carved and worked ivory pendant typically worn on a kimono of an aged Japanese working man.

10 assorted netsuke

A Japanese Meiji period ivory netsuke/small okimono, late 19th/early 20th century, fashioned as a grotesque creature clutching a small mythical beast, signed to base. Height approx. 3.5 cm.

A Japanese Edo period ivory netsuke of gentleman bather toweling himself, 18th century, carved ivory, signed. Length 7.5 cm.  "

A Japanese Meiji period Ivory netsuke of a kneeling musician, late 19th century. Height 4 cm.

A Japanese Meiji period Ivory netsuke of a seated man smoking pipe, late 19th century, having inset engraved gold and red plaquettes, pipe as found. Height 3.2 cm.

A Japanese Taisho period boxwood netsuke, early 20th century, fashioned as a standing fat bellied Buddha holding staff around his neck, signed to base with an ivory seal. Height approx. 5 cm.

A finely carved and detailed Netsuke of a travelling musician and his son, Ivory, Meiji, 19th century, signed Kogyoku (faults)

Sales dated 1980-1989 AD. Group comprising Christie's, London auction sales: Oriental Works of Art or similar title, 25 November 1980 (Albert Brockhaus, netsuke), 6 December 1984, 28-29 June 1984, 17 April 1985, 2 July 1985, 9-10 July 1985 (export porcelain), 3 June 1988, 26-27 September 1989, 13-14 November 1989 (Japanese) and 2 December 1989. 5.90 kg total, largest 27 x 21cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4"). [10, No Reserve] Good to fine condition; covers to earlier sales lightly soiled.

Sales dated 1953-1994 AD. Group comprising Sotheby's, London, New York, Hong Kong auction sales: Oriental Works of Art or similar title, 17 February 1953, 24 July 1973, 15-16 October 1973, 25 March 1975 (Mrs Alfred Clark, chinese ceramics, hardback), 19-20 October 1983 (Japanese), 8 February 1989 (New York, Madelyn Hickmott, netsuke, inro and lacquer), 16-17 May 1989 (Hong Kong), 13 June 1989, 15 November 1989 (nestuke and ojime), 31 October 1986, 22-23 November 1990 (Japanese), 5-6 May 1993, 8-10 September 1993 and 29 March 1994 (Japanese"). 5.40 kg total, largest 27 x 21cm (10 1/2 x 8 1/4"). [14, No Reserve] Good to fine condition; dustwrapper torn to fourth.

A Japanese ivory netsuke of Daikoku signed, 4cm wide and a netsuke of a cauldron with three figures, signed, 3.5cm high (2)

A Japanese ivory netsuke with a drummer seated on an elephant,4cm high, a netsuke of two figures with toad, signed and a carving of three figures eating, signed, 5cm high (3)

A JAPANESE PATINATED AND TOOLED PURSE WITH STAINED IVORY FOO LION NETSUKE AND A CLOISONNE DRAW BEAD.

A parcel of assorted Japanese ivory okimono and netsuke, Meiji period 1868-1912, including an okimono of a man seated with a tablet, single and group netsukes (7)

A GOOD JAPANESE CARVED IVORY NETSUKE, depicting a tea making ceremony. 2.25ins high.

Two Japanese carved netsukes, Meiji period (1868-1912), comprising a carved ivory Beshimi mask, signed verso, 3.9cm. long; and a stained boxwood netsuke depicting a lion emerging from a tied sack, 4.4cm. long; together with a small carved ivory mask pendant, signed to reverse, 2.5cm. long. (3)

A Japanese carved ivory netsuke, Meiji period (1868-1912), with three leverets playing amongst toadstools, on naturalistically carved base, the leverets with glass eyes, two character signature to stem of one of the toadstools, 2½ x 2in. (6.4 x 5.1cm.).* Condition: Scratch to top of two toadstools and another to one leveret's ear, no other damage.  Very good condition overall.

A large quantity of magazines relating to Japanese netsukes, including copies of the International Netsuke Society Journal.

A netsuke, carved as a hare with a leverett, signed; another as two rats with an apple (2)

Contemporary Carved Netsuke Two in total, fashioned in dark wood the first in the form of a coiled dragon, the second in the form of a puppy with cartoon style enlarged head.

Antique Ivory Erotic Netsuke Finely carved in the form of a recumbent nude female figure lying on a shikibuton, her knees drawn up to her chest, her arm behind her head. Signed to underside. Good condition, length, 2 inches. This figure cannot be exported outside the E.U without a CITES permit.

An early 20thC Japanese ivory netsuke, carved in the form of an immortal (AF)

A CARVED WOODEN NETSUKE IN THE FORM OF A SEATED COCKEREL, height approximately 4cm x length 4.5cm, together with three carved wooden Okimono of Sow and Boar Pigs and a standing Cockerel, all with black glass bead eyes, Pigs with mother of pearl inset button signatures (4)

A Japanese wood Netsuke of an Okame Mask, late Meiji Period or later,Typically depicted with chubby features and smiling mouth, signed CHIKUSAI (?), 2in

A Japanese wood Netsuke of a disappointed Rat Catcher, late Edo Period, The man crouched over an inverted box and tray, the rat perched on his back, rat with inlaid eyes, 1 3/4 in

A Japanese wood Netsuke of a Monk, late Edo Period, kneeling beside a large mokugyo (temple bell), 1 1/2 in

A rare Japanese red lacquer Netsuke, Edo Period,In the form of an oval single case inro or kogo, carved with figures playing drums on a diaper ground, the top and bottom carved with kiku, double loop suspension, 1 3/4 in WFootnote: Cf. Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 10.211.2081, for a very similar netsuke dated to the 18th Century form the Russell Sage Collection

A small Japanese wood Netsuke of a Toad by Masanao, Meiji Period, Seated on an upturned waraji (straw sandal), its body twisted slightly to the right, the thongs of the shoe forming the himotoshi and the toad's eyes inlaid, signed in an oval reserve, 1 1/4 in

A Chinese carved bone netsuke, 19th century, carved as an elderly figure with walking cane and wide brimmed hat. 5.5 cm.

A Japanese pressed horn Manju netsuke, Meiji period, depicting a Samurai on horseback with raised war fan, the reverse with a Samurai standing on waves. Diameter 4.2 cm (see illustration).

TWO JAPANESE IVORY SMALL FIGURES, c.1900, one carved as Ashinaga wading through water with Tenaga on his shoulders holding a fish, unmarked, 3 1/4" high, the other as a woodman holding a gourd and axe with his young son standing at his side, signed, 3 1/2" high, together with an ivory netsuke of a lion dog, 1 1/4" high (3) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE, carved as a pot bellied man carrying a bearded man holding a fan on his back, 1 1/2" high, together with a small ivory figure group of a seated man holding aloft a corn cob, a basket of maize at his feet and a small child laughing at his side, 2" high (2) (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)

LEATHER TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO POUCH) WITH A METAL KAGAMIBUTA-NETSUKEMEIJI PERIOD the pouch decorated with a writhing dragon, bearing a bronze dragon mae-kanagu (clasp), attached by a multi-strand metal chain to a kagamibuta netsuke with a 'dragon' metal plate13.5cm wide

CREWEL TOBACCO POUCH WITH A KAGAMIBUTA-NETSUKE, TABAKO-IREMEIJI PERIOD worked in polychrome threads with a dragon chasing the flaming ball amid clouds, with a dragon-form mae-kanagu (clasp), with a writhing dragon repeated on the metal plate of the circular ivory kagamibuta toggle11.8cm wideProvenance:Private Edinburgh collection.

COLLECTION OF SEVEN IVORY CARVINGSMEIJI PERIOD comprising: an okimono of Fukurokuju and two boys, signed Koichi within a red-lacquered cartouche to the base; a netsuke of Hotei, signed Koun within a red-lacquered cartouche to the base; a netsuke of a boy, unsigned; a man seated on a rock, unsigned; a figure of an elderly man, unsigned; a dragon head, possibly the handle of a walking cane; a Canton ivory needle case, cover and stand missing; together with a RESIN FIGURE OF HOTEI (7)largest 9.8cm highProvenance:Private Scottish collection.

GROUP OF FIVE EROTIC NETSUKEMEIJI PERIOD comprising: two amorous couples, one contained in a rectangular frame, both unsigned; a woman and two humanoid octopuses, signed Sukesato; a woman and a monkey, signed Sukesato; and a mask of a man opening to reveal two erotic scenes, unsigned (5)largest 7.1cm longProvenance:Private English collection.

COLLECTION OF ELEVEN CARVED IVORY NETSUKEMEIJI PERIOD comprising: a human skeleton beating a wooden fish, signed Shozan; a cicada perched on a bamboo stalk, signed Shozan; a grasshopper perched on a cabbage, signature illegible; two grasshoppers perched on a piece of tree bark, signed Tomokazu; a cobra coiled around a human skull, signed Shozan; an alligator perched on a gourd, signature within a mother-of-pearl plaque illegible; a snail, signed Shozan; a monkey seated on a tree trunk, signed Sari; eight cranes tightly huddled together, signed Sari; two monkeys playing with each other, unsigned; the fox-priest Hakuzosu, signed Kogyoku (11)largest 7.8cm longProvenance:Private English collection.

GROUP OF TEN NETSUKEMEIJI PERIOD comprising: a cobra, signed Shozan; two toads on a lotus leaf, signed Shozan; two turtles at play, signed Shozan; four quails pecking a stalk of millet, signature illegible, possibly Shozan; a group of two turtles and two cobras, signature illegible, possibly Shozan; a toad perched on a turtle, signature illegible; a toad perched on a conch, signed Tomokazu; two toads on a lotus leaf, with tortoiseshell inlay, signed Shozan; a monkey crouching atop a turtle, signature illegible, possibly Shunzan; and a karakuri-netsuke of a cat hidden inside a vessel, signed Shozan (10)largest 4.5cm longProvenance:Private English collection.Chinese ivory carving for the Japanese marketThe netsuke in this group that are signed Shozan are likely to have been made by Song Shan, a workshop of ivory carvers known to be active in Canton in the 1930s and 1940s. Deeply influenced by the tradition of Canton ivory carving, they mainly worked for the Japanese market and produced a large volume of netsuke and okimono for export.

COLLECTION OF TWELVE CARVED IVORY NETSUKEMEIJI PERIOD comprising: a man pushing a boy and a puppy in a cart, signature illegible; a bijin holding a fan, signed Yamamoto; a man pulling a lady in a rickshaw, signature illegible; an actor singing whilst his companion plays a drum, signed Ichiro within a red lacquered cartouche; Daikokuten carrying a sack, signed Ryugetsu; a double-sided netsuke, one side with the face of a boy, the other with the face of an elderly man, signed Shozan; a fisherman with a giant octopus on his back, signed Sari; another fisherman carrying a barrel filled with his catch, signed Sari; a monkey trainer with four monkeys, signed Sari; a mask and toy vendor carrying a double-gourd bottle, signed Sari; a man holding a bird feeder above a bird cage, signed Sari; a reclining figure of an elderly man, signed Shozan (12)largest 6.2cm longProvenance:Private English collection.

A Japanese carved wood 'snake' netsuke with single case inro and ojime inro 7cm, snake, 19cm.

A Japanese fruitwood netsuke in the form of a cobra, with maker's signature to the base.

An ivory and bone netsuke rat in a sack

A bone netsuke

A bone netsuke

A Japanese Ivory Netsuke, Meiji period, carved with a scene from the Kachi-Kachi Yama legend, signed Masatsugu, 8cm high See illustration

A Japanese Ivory Netsuke, 19th century, as a monkey peeling a persimmon fruit, signed Rantei, 5cm high See illustration

A Japanese Ivory Netsuke, Meiji period, carved as a puppy on a mat, signed Shou, 3.5cm wide

A Japanese Edo period carved ivory netsuke formed as a sleeping man with a monkey stealing nuts from a basket behind, 5.25cm wide. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Mans right foot missing. Very small chip to the rim of the basket. Some hair cracks.

A Japanese Meiji period carved ivory netsuke. Formed as a dog seated upon a large sack, 4.5cm high. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Hair cracking.

A Japanese early 19th century carved ivory netsuke. Formed as a lotus root issuing plants, 3.75cm wide. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Some hair cracking.

A Japanese Edo period carved ivory netsuke. Formed as a shi shi dog guarding a pearl, 3.25cm. Condition Report. To be used as a guide only. Some hair cracks and staining.

Four miniature wood netsuke figures