Two Wood Netsuke and an Ivory Netsuke**
Edo period (19th century), the first with signature Gyokujitsu, the second Suketada, the third Kosen
The first of a toad climbing atop a human skull, the teeth ivory and the toad's eyes inlaid in dark coral; the second carved as a skeleton sitting and playing a wood drum, the himotoshi rimmed in colored ivory; the third a seal netsuke of two skeletons and an oni playing inside a large skull, one skeleton head movable so it tilts side to side in the larger skull's eye socket
2in. (5.1cm.); 1 7/16in. (3.7cm.); 1 3/16in. (3cm.) high (3)
Two Wood Netsuke and an Ivory Netsuke**
Edo period (19th century), the first with signature Gyokujitsu, the second Suketada, the third Kosen
The first of a toad climbing atop a human skull, the teeth ivory and the toad's eyes inlaid in dark coral; the second carved as a skeleton sitting and playing a wood drum, the himotoshi rimmed in colored ivory; the third a seal netsuke of two skeletons and an oni playing inside a large skull, one skeleton head movable so it tilts side to side in the larger skull's eye socket
2in. (5.1cm.); 1 7/16in. (3.7cm.); 1 3/16in. (3cm.) high (3)
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