A GROUP OF FOUR LACQUER NETSUKE Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century

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A GROUP OF FOUR LACQUER NETSUKE
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th century
Comprising a lacquered-wood manju netsuke decorated with flowering plants in gold and silver hiramaki-e on a kinji ground; a kagamibuta netsuke with a samurai tying a paper strip in a cherry tree in iro-e takazogan, the bowl decorated with a cherry tree in gold hiramaki-e against a kinji ground; a lacquered-wood netsuke carved as a jingasa (riding hat), a riding crop and willow leaf laid across the top in gold and silver hiramaki-e; a wood manju netsuke decorated with a chrysanthemum crest in gold hiramaki-e encircled by six smaller paulownia crests inlaid in gilt-metal (4)
1 5/8in (4.1cm) diameter, the largest