An Ivory Netsuke and Two Wood and Ivory Netsuke**
Edo period (19th century); the first signed Ho..., the second signed Minkoku
The first carved as Okame seated in a box of beans, chuckling as a demon cowers under her straw hat; the second of a kyogen actor, his face and hands rendered in ivory; the third carved as a dancer performing in the role of Okame, the mask netsuke ivory and a setsubun bean rendered in colored ivory
1¼in. (3.1cm.), 2¼in. (5.7cm.), 3in. (7.6cm.) high (3)
An Ivory Netsuke and Two Wood and Ivory Netsuke**
Edo period (19th century); the first signed Ho..., the second signed Minkoku
The first carved as Okame seated in a box of beans, chuckling as a demon cowers under her straw hat; the second of a kyogen actor, his face and hands rendered in ivory; the third carved as a dancer performing in the role of Okame, the mask netsuke ivory and a setsubun bean rendered in colored ivory
1¼in. (3.1cm.), 2¼in. (5.7cm.), 3in. (7.6cm.) high (3)
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