Sold2023Early 19c shunga netsuke GIGGLING OKAMEEarly 19th century wooden netsuke of seated Okame giggling as she modestly covers her mouth with the sleeve of the kimono. There is a definite shunga connotation in the shapes of her sleeve ends highlSee Sold Price
Sold2024FOUR 19TH CENTURY CARVED FIGURAL NETSUKESJapanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912), one of a scholar holding a book with a young pupil (1 1/2" high), one of a vendor fanning flies away (split), signed (1 3/8" high), one of a man holding a peach andSee Sold Price
Sold202319c okimono TANUKI badger as sake vendor Hida netsuke schoolLate Meiji period (1890s -1912) wooden okimono of a seated tanuki (badger) with sake bottle in one paw, an accounting book in the other, and its enormous testicles showing. In Japanese folklore tanukiSee Sold Price
Sold2019Antique Chinese Scholar Book ShelfAntique Chinese Scholar Book Shelf , early 20th century , size: 32 X 28 CM , in excellent conditionSee Sold Price
Sold2022Scholar Book Vintage Soap Stone World MonumentsVintage book with openings on both sides with circular soap stone made raised monument images. Ranging in different sizes. Ranging from 3.35 inch diameter to 1.25 inch diameter. Book is approximatelySee Sold Price
Sold202319c netsuke SHISHIGUCHI MASK by GYOKUSAI19th century boxwood netsuke of a theatrical mask of Shishiguchi representing the spirit of shishi with characteristic tusks, most frequently used for the Noh play Shakkyo (The Stone Bridge). ExcellenSee Sold Price
Sold2022Antique LIBEROTTI Opera del Duomo Scholar BookAntique LIBEROTTI Opera del Duomo Scholar Book containing plaster casts of artworks from the Opera del Duomo Museum mounted, In addition to albums of prints, the Grand Tour offered another very populaSee Sold Price
Sold2022Antique GIOVANNI LIBEROTTI Scholar BookAntique GIOVANNI LIBEROTTI Scholar Book containing plaster casts of artworks from the Capitoline Museums mounted, In addition to albums of prints, the Grand Tour offered another very popular type of tSee Sold Price
Sold202419c netsuke PUMPKIN & FLY19th century netsuke of a bronze fly on a boxwood pumpkin. Elegant clever design in Japanese taste, wonderfully rendered texture of the pumpkin skin, himotoshi (cord opening) is formed by the stem, grSee Sold Price
Sold2023Early 19c netsuke ONI NO NEMBUTSU by IKKOEarly 19th century boxwood netsuke of Oni no nembutsu (a demon who saw the light of Buddhist teachings and became pious), with a gong hanging on his belly, holding a striker in one hand, and a tabletSee Sold Price
Sold2018Pair Carved Wood Scholar Book EndsHand made hand crafted carved wood sculpture, vintage possibly antique, flat sides and surface set can be book ends or wall mount brackets or display shelves, each depicts carved bust of capped and goSee Sold Price
Sold2024GROUP OF 17th & 18th C MANUSCRIPT FRAGMENTSAll in Hebrew text from bibles, prayer books and scholars books.See Sold Price
Sold202319c inscribed netsuke ONI NO NEMBUTSU & gong ex Royal Coll19th century wooden netsuke of a Buddhist gong (a flat bronze type used in temples) inlaid on the top with Oni no Nembutsu (a demon who saw the light of Buddhist teachings and became pious) wearing aSee Sold Price
Sold202119c Chinese scholar BRUSH REST mountain & pinesLate Qing Dynasty (1890s to 1911) Chinese soapstone brush rest carved in a shape of a 5-peaked mountain rising from waves, and pine trees growing on it. Excellent rendition of raw energy of the stone,See Sold Price
Sold202319c porcelain netsuke GAMA SENNIN by MASAKAZU19th century decent size Japanese Hirado porcelain netsuke modeled as standing Game sennin (Chinese sage) wearing leaf skirt and folding a basket in one hand and his usual companion - a three-legged tSee Sold Price
Sold202019c Chinese scholar jadeite SEAL19th century good size Chinese scholar seal made out of a natural jadeite boulder with its original skin on three sides, and one side flattened to show the beauty of the stone. Wonderful austere pieceSee Sold Price
Sold202319c Asakusa netsuke staghorn BOWL same artist as ex Roosevelt19th century Asakusa school staghorn netsuke in a form of a simple bowl of rounded square section, decorated with an incised keyfret design along the rim. Exquisite subtle piece, one of the most elegaSee Sold Price
Sold202119C French Victorian Book Safe Decanter SetFrance,Late 19th Century Stack of four leather bound books opening to reveal five compartments with one decanter with gilt decoration and cut glass stopper and four diminutive tumblers. Safe 5 3/8" tSee Sold Price
Sold2024TWO-VOLUME BOOK ON NETSUKE AND INROTWO-VOLUME BOOK ON NETSUKE AND INRONetsuke & Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures by George Lazarnick, Volumes I and II. Honolulu, Hawaii: Reed Publishers, 1983. Forward by Cornelius Van SchSee Sold Price
Sold202319c staghorn ASAKUSA NETSUKE grass, rocks, waves, clouds, moon19th century staghorn Asakusa school netsuke with carved decoration of long grass leaves by rocks and cresting waves under swirling clouds and full moon. Excellent design in Japanese taste, superb criSee Sold Price
Sold2022Xie Yuanhan Figure and Wang Menglou CalligraphyThe first color on paper, depicting a sitting scholar, with a book on hand, with the artist's signature and four seal marks. 65cmx 131cm The second ink on paper, with the artist's signature and four sSee Sold Price
Sold2021PAIR OF CHINESE NATURAL CARVED FIGURES ON STANDSThe meiren depicted holding a goose and fan, with a male attendant at her waist; the male scholar figure holding book and brush with a female attendant seated below. Each with four character mark carvSee Sold Price
Sold202419thC French Bronze Sculpture Signed RevillonLate 19th century French bronze sculpture of seated scholar with open book, signed on chair Revillon (Jean-Baptiste Revillon (French, 1819-1969)), on later wood stand. 9 3/4" H x 9 1/2" W x 5" D. ProvSee Sold Price
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