A GROUP OF FIVE NETSUKE OF VARIOUS MATERIALS Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century

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A GROUP OF FIVE NETSUKE OF VARIOUS MATERIALS
Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century
Comprising a lacquer hako netsuke formed as a spool of thread in gold and silver maki-e against a mokume ground, the interior nashiji, inscribed Zeshin; a lacquer manju netsuke decorated with quail in grasses strewn with drops of dew in iro-e hiramaki-e and silver inlays, signed Kajikawa saku; a lacquered-wood manju netsuke decorated with a monkey trainer and monkey in iro-e hiramaki-e; a lacquered-wood manju netsuke decorated with a rocky island with pine trees and sailing vessels in gold hiramaki-e and okibirame, signed Kansai; a hardstone netsuke carved as a reishi fungus (5)
1 5/8in (4.1cm) wide, the largest