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A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.

A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.
Estimate
6 000 - 8 000 SEK
536 - 715 EUR
567 - 755 USD
Hammer price
12 000 SEK
Purchasing info
For condition report contact specialist
Cecilia Nordström
Stockholm
Cecilia Nordström
Head Specialist Asian Ceramics and Works of Art, European Ceramics and Glass
+46 (0)739 40 08 02
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A set of eight Japanese ivory and bone Netsukes, Meiji period.

Comprising; A grazing horse (uma), ivory, height 4,7 cm, signed. A fish that is swallowing a small dog, ivory, lenght 3,6 cm, signed Masanao?. Clam shell, partly broken with a Hermit crab inside, watched by a horned turtle on top, lenght 4,5 cm, unsigned. A Peach with a spider and a fly, height 3,6 cm, not signed. A tiger, bone, height 3 cm. A tiger, ivory, height 4,2 cm, unsigned. A seated figure of a monkey, height 3,2 cm, bone, unsigned. A clamb with a rat on top of it, height 4 cm, bone.

One with a chip, some cracks due to dryness of material. Slightly yellowed.

Provenance

A Swedish Private Collection of Snuff bottles and Netsukes. G. Held.

More information

The horse is a symbol of endurance and virility. It is also the seventh animal in the Zodiac, represents the hours between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m and the month of May.