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Netsuke, Japan circa 1900
Located in Paris, FR
Japan Netsuke, circa 1900.
Bitter apple.
Carved and patinated boxwood.
Measures: H. 2.5 cm. L
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese Meiji era chestnut netsuke
Located in PARIS, FR
Wooden netsuke featuring a group of three chestnuts. One of them reveals a tiny hole and the head
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting a snake
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a snake coiled around itself.
Signature engraved under the base.
Origin
Category
19th Century Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
Large Wood Netsuke of a Shishi
Located in Milano, IT
Large wood netsuke of a shishi
Kyoto school, 18th/19th century
Height: 5.7cm
The large
Category
18th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
Netsuke Signed, Japan, Early 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Netsuke, Japan early 20th century. Signed.
Bud.
Carved, incised and patinated boxwood.
Measures
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Early 20th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese Shiitake Mushroom Netsuke Charm, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
small pouches secured by button-like fasteners known as netsuke. Although these tiny, fob-like objects
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Bone
Japanese Wood Netsuke " The Beast", Meiji Era
Located in Norton, MA
A Japanese Antique carved netsuke "The Beast" dated around the late 19th to early 20th century.
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
Japanese Skeleton Boxwood Netsuke Late Edo Period
Located in Newark, England
Japanese boxwood netsuke depicting a skeleton. The skeleton naturalistically carved in the foetal
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood, Boxwood
Japanese Inro with Netsuke, Late 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A high quality lacquer inro with a carved wooden netsuke. Both are unfortunately damaged but still
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood, Lacquer
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Crab and Monkey' 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s.
Netsuke is a miniature
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
Black Horn Netsuke, Japan, Meiji Period, Around 1870
Located in Milan, IT
Black monochrome horn netsuke emulating an asymmetrically sectioned tree trunk. Along the top
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Lapis Lazuli
Japanese Leather Tobacco Pouch and Netsuke, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
accompanied by a small, wooden netsuke charm. Because traditional Japanese clothing didn’t have pockets, men
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Brass, Steel
A MAGNIFICENT WOODEN NETSUKE OF A MONKEY. Edo period.
Located in London, GB
A MAGNIFICENT WOODEN NETSUKE OF A MONKEY.
Edo period.
A netsuke of a monkey seating in a
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting a snake wrapping around a pumpkin
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a snake wrapping around a pumpkin.
The snake is a symbol often
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
Vintage Japanese Netsuke Figure Oni Demon Japan Detailed Carved Bone
Located in Greer, SC
Finely crafted vintage hand carved bone netsuke figure. Beautifully detailed featuring a scene with
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Early 20th Century Japanese Other Antique Netsukes
Materials
Bone
A Japanese boxwood netsuke depicting a group of five monkeys
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke, depicting a group of five monkeys, with the largest, surrounded by cubs, feeding
Category
Early 19th Century Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Toad Resting On A Sandal
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a toad resting on an upside-down sandal (waraji), with horned eyes
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese Wood Netsuke " The Pig "by Yoshitoshi Late Meiji Era
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting a famous netsuke artist, Yoshitoshi from Japanese, a carved netsuke "The Pig" dated
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
Japanese Wood Netsuke " Two Rats " by Yoshitoshi Late Meiji Era
Located in Norton, MA
Presenting a famous netsuke artist, Yoshitoshi from Japanese, a carved netsuke "Two Rats" dated
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
Antique Hand Carved Netsuke 1000 Faces Walnut & Carved Wooden Pedestal
Located in Pittsburgh, PA
Beautiful hand carved Netsuke walnut sculpture depicting the 1000 faces motif with a carved wooden
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Early 20th Century Chinese Antique Netsukes
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H 2.56 in W 1.97 in L 1.97 in
Japanese Wood Netsuke " The Chi-Lin Beast" Signed, Meiji Era
Located in Norton, MA
A Japanese Antique carved netsuke "The Chi-Lin Beast" dated around the late 19th to early 20th
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
A Japanese boxwood netsuke depicting a Dutchman with a child
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a Dutchman with a child on his shoulder and a trumpet.
Excellent blond
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
A Japanese boxwood netsuke depicting three toads on a sandal
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting three toads on a sandal, two of them engaged in a fight, assuming the
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
19th / 20th c Bronze Netsuke Squirrel with a nut Japanese Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
19th / 20th c Bronze Netsuke Squirrel with a nut Japanese Japan Signed
Condition
Period
20th
Category
19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Metal, Bronze
A boxwood netsuke depicting a monkey trying to catch a turtle
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a monkey trying to catch a turtle, which retracts its head and legs
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
A Rare Edo Period Hirado Porcelain Netsuke, Japan Circa 1850
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The recumbent white porcelain figure of a pug dog shown baring its teeth, decorated by hand with spot painted cobalt detail, the underside with twin holes intended for a cord to pass...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Netsukes
Materials
Porcelain
A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Pair Of Quails Crouching On Millet
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a pair of quails crouching on millet, with horned eyes. The mother
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
Antique Wood Monkey Netsuke 19th-20th Century Japanese Masakazu, Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Signed Masakazu
A monkey sitting. Measures: H. 1.5 cm x 3cm, Japan, 19th century.
Condition
Overall condition very nice. Ca 1.5cm high
Perio...
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Porcelain
Carved Boxwood and Lacquer Netsuke of a Noh Dancer, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood, Lacquer
Manju Netsuke 18 Karat Gold Pendant with Spring Flowers by Meikeisai Hojitsu
Located in Banbury, GB
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This superb antique Netsuke piece that was later made into a pendant. It is made of bone and has gold
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19th Century Japanese Victorian Antique Netsukes
Materials
18k Gold
Antique Netsuke Wall Display Cabinet w. Hand Carved Inlaid Bird & Flower Motifs
Located in Lisse, NL
your favourite netsukes, but it could be used for other purposes as well. All three doors (two sliding
Category
Early 20th Century English Chinoiserie Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
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H 23.4 in W 21 in D 5.5 in
Boxwood and Lacquer Netsuke of Hotei by Shunsho, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A charming and finely decorated carved and lacquered boxwood netsuke of Hotei by Shunsho (probably
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood, Lacquer
H 1.13 in W 1 in D 0.88 in
Yatate Japonais En Bois Scuplté Nissho Antique Wood Carved Netsuke Meiji Era
Located in PONT-AUDEMER, FR
Description :
Amusant range pinceau « Yatate » en bois sculpté « Nissho
Dimensions :
Longueur : 27 cms
Largeur : 5 cms
Profondeur : 5 cms
Etat :
Bel Etat d’usage. Bien ...
Category
Early 1900s Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
H 1.97 in W 1.97 in D 10.63 in
A FINE WOODEN NETSUKE OF TANUKI HARA NO TSUZUMI. Signed MINKO. Edo period
Located in London, GB
Finely carved as tanuki no hara tsuzumi By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, late 18th century.
The tanuki seated, its right foreleg raised, its other foreleg beating its distended st...
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Boxwood
H 1.42 in W 0.99 in D 0.99 in
A Japanese maki-è lacquer inro
Located in Milano, IT
reserves depicting flowers and leaves.
Coral colored ojime and lacquer manju netsuke. Signed.
Origin
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Lacquer
A Japanese Lacquer Inro Depicting A Daikokuten With His Hammer
Located in Milano, IT
netsuke depicting a seated sage with a fan, painted ceramic ojime.
Inro signed Kajikawa with the kao
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Lacquer
19 c Pair Chinese Hand Painted Black Gold and Silver Lacquered Fold Up Wall Shel
Located in North Miami, FL
leave images of the story of a Chinese warrior battle. Mini sterling sculptures and Netsukes are not
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19th Century Chinese Qing Antique Netsukes
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
H 22 in W 10 in D 3 in
Kongo Wooden statue depicting Chinese worker waring typical hat, DRC
Located in Leuven , BE
did it in their Netsukes, the Chinese in their Ceramics and the Africans in their sculptures. Several
Category
Early 20th Century Congolese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
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H 8.67 in W 2.37 in D 0.79 in
Japanese Smoking Set 'Tabac-Ire'
Located in PARIS, FR
(tonkotsu) for women linked to a netsuke.
Intended for a female use, the pipe is particularly thin. The
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Metal
Japan 1870 Meiji Period Round Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Wood With Flying Cranes
Located in Miami, FL
, takamaki-e, Gilding.
Ojime: 17mm, round with Ebony wood.
Netsuke: Carved dressed standing monk with a hat
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1870s Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Giltwood, Lacquer, Wood, Ebony
H 3.07 in Dm 1.18 in
Early 20th Century Japanese Bronze Okimono of a "Crayfish"
Located in London, GB
okimono may be a small Japanese carving, similar to, but larger than netsuke. Unlike netsuke, which had a
Category
Early 20th Century Antique Netsukes
Materials
Bronze
Japan 18th Century Edo Period Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Gilt Wood With Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
nashiji technique.
Netsuke: Manju gilded netsuke, (double lids), with a silvered standing crane in a
Category
18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Netsukes
Materials
Silver
H 3.46 in W 2.44 in D 0.59 in
Execeptional Japanese Tobacco Pouch in Ray Skin with a Dragon-Shaped Closure
Located in brussel, BE
together by a netsuke. The pouch served as a contemporary fashion accessoire of the wealthy. Articles
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19th Century Other Art Style Antique Netsukes
Materials
Organic Material
H 0.87 in W 4.34 in D 1.97 in
Antique Japanese Inro by Shigehide Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
a small carved rabbit ojime bead and a carved wood netsuke in shape of a tree trunk accompanying the
Category
Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japan 1800 Edo Period Six Drawer Inro In Lacquered Gilt Wood With Utensils
Located in Miami, FL
bead. Carved from natural reddish coral.
Netsuke: None
Weight: 47.70 Grams.
Measurements: Inro is
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Early 1800s Japanese Edo Antique Netsukes
Materials
Coral
H 3.93 in W 1.96 in D 1.06 in
Pair of Japanese Miyao Bronze + Gilded Sumo Wrestlers, 19th Century
By Eisuke Miyao 1
Located in Brighton, Sussex
holding an over sized tobacco pouch, fitted with a pipe and a netsuke.
each signed in a gilt rectangular
Category
19th Century Japanese Antique Netsukes
Materials
Bronze
Japan 1810 Kajikawa Edo Period Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Gilt Wood With Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
20mm, oval carved from natural translucent agate.
Netsuke: None
Weight: 47.70 Grams.
Measurements
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1810s Japanese Edo Antique Netsukes
Materials
Agate, Gold
H 3.07 in W 2.17 in D 0.71 in
Antique Five Faces Snuff Box
Located in Baltimore, MD
Unique Georgian snuff box depicting five faces and inspired by Japanese netsuke designs. Carved
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19th Century British Antique Netsukes
Materials
Base Metal
Japanese Spotted Bamboo Tobacco Inro, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
carved netsuke beads, inro were worn as fashionable accessories and often crafted of fine materials
Category
Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Netsukes
Materials
Bone, Bamboo, Hardwood
Japan 1890 Meiji Period Rare Carved Okimono Of A Father And Son Playing Signed
Located in Miami, FL
okimono may be a small Japanese carving, similar to but larger than a netsuke. Unlike the netsuke, which
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood, Paint
H 2.1 in W 5.1 in D 1.75 in
Three Antique Japanese Items
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
function netsuke engraved with gingko leaves and heart shaped ventilation for managing a hot coal when
Category
1880s Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
A Bakelite frame and silk handbag with 'bird and fish' motif, French, 1920s
Located in Greyabbey, County Down
), in the Japanese style, the fish resembling a carved netsuke, with the most striking and highly
Category
1920s French Antique Netsukes
H 7.5 in W 8 in D 1.5 in Dm 9 in
Japanese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Inro, Meiji Period, late 19th c, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
seals, medicine, and other small items. They were hung from the obi, and secured with netsuke and ojime
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Silver, Copper
Gold Lacquer Inro Decorated with a Lake Landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
boxes (sagemono) hung on the belt (obi). To prevent them from slipping, a netsuke, a small wooden or
Category
Mid-19th Century Antique Netsukes
Materials
Lacquer
Carved Rose Quartz Monkey Figurine
By Fabergé
Located in Chesterland, OH
, especially in terms of the colors and animal figurines, which were reminiscent of Netsuke figurines, and this
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Russian Empire Antique Netsukes
Materials
Quartz
Japanese Huge Antique Bronze "Treasure Fortune" Ship Masterwork
Located in South Burlington, VT
good luck and often have their place in netsuke engravings or in other representations. These gods have
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Antique Netsukes
Materials
Bronze
Carved Fluorite Kitten Figurine
By Fabergé
Located in Chesterland, OH
, especially in terms of the colors and animal figurines, which were reminiscent of Netsuke figurines, and this
Category
Early 20th Century Russian Russian Empire Antique Netsukes
Materials
Fluorite
Japan 1890 Meiji Period Signed Okimono Sculpture of a Group of Skeletons Smoking
Located in Miami, FL
carving, similar to but larger than a netsuke. Unlike the netsuke, which had a specific purpose, the
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
H 7.75 in W 8.5 in D 5.03 in
Japan 1890 Meiji Period Signed Assembling of Okimono with a Group of Skeletons
Located in Miami, FL
small Japanese carving, similar to but larger than a netsuke. Unlike the netsuke, which had a specific
Category
1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood
H 8.51 in W 14.15 in D 5.5 in
Japanese Lacquer Tray with Maki-e and Inlay Hara Yoyusai Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
,, netsukes and smaller objects of art, larger pieces like this tray are rare. He worked with painter Sakai
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Netsukes
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
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