Three Colored Ivory Netsuke and One Wood and Ivory Netsuke**
(20th century), the first with signature Yasuaki, the second Yasuyuki, the third Masayuki, the fourth Somei
The first of Hotei seated and looking upward, his hairy belly and chest exposed by his open robe, the patterns of the robe decorated with inlaid shell; the second of a Shojo sleeping in a large sake cup with the character kotobuki (long life) inlaid in shell, in her left hand a sake ladle etched with the character fuku (fortune); the third a lion dancer wearing a large mask with hinged jaws; the fourth a Shibayama-style netsuke of a boy with a flute seated on the back of an elephant, the elephant's trappings inlaid in shell and ivory
1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) wide; 1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) diameter; 1 11/16in. (4.3cm.); 1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) high (4)
Three Colored Ivory Netsuke and One Wood and Ivory Netsuke**
(20th century), the first with signature Yasuaki, the second Yasuyuki, the third Masayuki, the fourth Somei
The first of Hotei seated and looking upward, his hairy belly and chest exposed by his open robe, the patterns of the robe decorated with inlaid shell; the second of a Shojo sleeping in a large sake cup with the character kotobuki (long life) inlaid in shell, in her left hand a sake ladle etched with the character fuku (fortune); the third a lion dancer wearing a large mask with hinged jaws; the fourth a Shibayama-style netsuke of a boy with a flute seated on the back of an elephant, the elephant's trappings inlaid in shell and ivory
1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) wide; 1 3/8in. (3.5cm.) diameter; 1 11/16in. (4.3cm.); 1 7/8in. (4.8cm.) high (4)
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