Lot 195 , Two Japanese ivory netsuke and a turtle carapace pouch and netsuke, 19th century, carapace 10.7cm (3)

Two Japanese ivory netsuke and a turtle carapace pouch and netsuke, 19th century, the first netsuke in the School of Masamitsu carved as a kappa, a frog and a lotus leaf on a mokugyo, unsigned, 4.3cm, the second netsuke carved as a cluster of pomegranates, chestnut, peach and acorns and a chick emerging from an egg, signed Ippo with kakihan, 3.8cm, the turtle carapace pouch with carved wood ojime forming the turtles head and an ivory netsuke carved as boy holding a fan, carapace 10.7cm (3)
Estimate £400-600

Provenance: From a UK private collection, valued by Spink & Son Ltd in the 1970's.


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Sold for £700