Lot 499 , An 18th/19th century Japanese ivory netsuke, in the form of a seated wolf, signed to underside, 3.5 cm high, 5 cm wide, together with a

An 18th/19th century Japanese ivory netsuke, in the form of a seated wolf, signed to underside, 3.5 cm high, 5 cm wide, together with a further late 19th / early 20th century carved ivory netsuke in the form of a clam shell with miniature landscape interior, 3cm high, 4cm wide, and a further smaller netsuke in the form of a seated sage (3)
Estimate £80-120

Wolf- old crack across its back affecting right hind leg reaching throat. Clam shell rider on animal at front of clam glue reattached, seated elder good


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Sold for £14,000