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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.
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japanese Wood Netsuke " The Beast",  Meiji Era
Japanese Wood Netsuke " The Beast",  Meiji Era
$395
H 1 in W 1.75 in D 1.25 in
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
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

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
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

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
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Vintage Tiger Eye Hemimorphite Netsuke Statement Necklace Estate Find
Located in Montreal, QC
and Turquoise Beads Suspending a Stunning Natural Turquoise Blue Genuine Hemimorphite Stone and Carved
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Late 20th Century Modernist Drop Necklaces

Materials

Turquoise, Sterling Silver

Japanese Boxwood Netsuke – Monk In Ecstasy, Edo Period
Located in Bilzen, BE
expressive theatrical features. This finely carved netsuke depicts a seated monk in mid-chant or ecstatic
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

JAPAN 1890 Meiji Sculptural Polychromate Netsuke Of a Yamabushi
Located in Miami, FL
carved netsuke, created during the imperial Japan in the Meiji period, back in he 1890. The netsuke has
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Bone

JAPAN 1890 Meiji Sculptural Polychromate Netsuke Of a Yamabushi
JAPAN 1890 Meiji Sculptural Polychromate Netsuke Of a Yamabushi
$978 Sale Price
30% Off
H 2.01 in W 0.91 in D 0.95 in
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
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1920s French Evening Bags and Minaudières

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
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Tobacco Accessories

Materials

Bone, Bamboo, Hardwood

Japanese Spotted Bamboo Tobacco Inro, circa 1850
Japanese Spotted Bamboo Tobacco Inro, circa 1850
$468
H 1.75 in W 8.25 in D 4.25 in
Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke of a Frog, Taisho Period
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Hand carved boxwood frog netsuke dating from the Meiji period. The frog (kaeru) is associated with
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Boxwood

Japanese Resin Three Section Hand Carved Inro & Netsuke of Horses
Located in San Diego, CA
A nice vintage Japanese resin three-section inro and netsuke of horses, circa early 1950s. The
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Resin

Mid-Century Japanese Carved Wood Netsuke of a Sitting Monkey
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Hand-carved mid-century netsuke depicting a contemplative monkey in a sitting position. Monkeys
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Mid-Century Modern Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Carved Lacquer Amazonite Gold Goose Antique Netsuke Pendant
By Giulia Colussi
Located in Milan, IT
Antiques Japanies netsuke signed with goose, little puppy with a fish, carved enamel antiques
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2010s Italian Artisan Pendant Necklaces

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Amazonite, Coral, 18k Gold

Japanese Netsuke of a Sage hand carved boxwood Signed, circa 1900
Located in Lincoln, Lincolnshire
This is a boxwood Netsuke, modelled as a Sage, probably Chinese, which we attribute to a Japanese
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Scholar's Objects

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Boxwood

Japanese Professional sneezer Boxwood Netsuke
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke of a seated professional sneezer depicted as an old man with his right hand raised
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

Japanese Professional sneezer Boxwood Netsuke
Japanese Professional sneezer Boxwood Netsuke
$3,604
H 1.11 in W 1.58 in D 1.78 in
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 1970s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1970s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

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
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Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood, Lacquer

Antique Japanese Wood Miniature Mask Netsuke
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Japanese Wood Miniature Mask Netsuke, an unsigned work depicting Hannya, the female horned
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Antique Japanese Wood Miniature Mask Netsuke
Antique Japanese Wood Miniature Mask Netsuke
$875
H 1.5 in W 1.13 in D 0.88 in
Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'Onnamen' 1950s
Located in Paris, FR
century Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inro box, netsuke later
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'Onnamen' 1950s
Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'Onnamen' 1950s
$504
H 0.87 in W 1.38 in D 1.78 in
Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Turtle' 1980s 'Ishikawa'
Located in Paris, FR
. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inro box, netsuke later developed into ornately
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Vintage 1980s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Turtle' 1980s 'Ishikawa'
Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Turtle' 1980s 'Ishikawa'
$394 Sale Price
20% Off
H 0.99 in W 1.38 in D 2.37 in
A boxwood netsuke depicting a peeled mandarin
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a partially peeled mandarin, carved with extraordinary realism. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Antiquities

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Boxwood

A boxwood netsuke depicting a peeled mandarin
A boxwood netsuke depicting a peeled mandarin
$1,562
H 1.03 in W 1.62 in D 1.42 in
Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'Buffalo' 1920s Taisho
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Japanese Wooden Netsuke Cicada 1900 Meiji Sekisen
Located in Paris, FR
. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inro box, netsuke later developed into ornately
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Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese Wooden Netsuke Cicada 1900 Meiji Sekisen
Japanese Wooden Netsuke Cicada 1900 Meiji Sekisen
$612
H 1.19 in W 2.17 in D 1.07 in
Netsuke in the Form of a Bamboo Whistle
Located in Bridgeport, CT
A large and well carved Antler Netsuke with in a fine and realistic form of a realistic traditional
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20th Century Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Antler

Netsuke in the Form of a Bamboo Whistle
Netsuke in the Form of a Bamboo Whistle
$375
H 3 in W 1 in D 0.85 in
Japanese Netsuke of a croaking Toad in boxwood
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke of a wooden toad with its throat swollen. Made entirely in boxwood, the skin is treated
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

Japanese Netsuke of a croaking Toad in boxwood
Japanese Netsuke of a croaking Toad in boxwood
$3,604
H 1.11 in W 1.58 in D 1.78 in
A boxwood netsuke of Shoki with an Oni
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting Shoki capturing an oni, pressing it beneath a wide straw hat. This
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

A boxwood netsuke of Shoki with an Oni
A boxwood netsuke of Shoki with an Oni
$889
H 1.19 in W 1.46 in D 1.42 in
A boxwood netsuke depicting the Chinese general Guan Yu
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting the Chinese general Guan Yu, shown standing and grasping his famous
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

Japanese Edo Period (1603-1868) Skeleton Foetus Netsuke
Located in Newark, England
Skeleton Netsuke. The Skeleton Netsuke is carved from Boxwood depicting a skeleton in the foetal position
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Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood, Boxwood

Wooden Japanese Netsuke Charme 'Noisette' 1970s Showa era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1970s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Abstract Sculptures

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Wood

Japanese Wooden Netsuke 1950s Showa era 'Small Boat'
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1950s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese Wooden Netsuke 1950s Showa era 'Small Boat'
Japanese Wooden Netsuke 1950s Showa era 'Small Boat'
$221 Sale Price
20% Off
H 0.6 in W 0.79 in D 0.48 in
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 1920s 'Mouse' Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke ' Duck ' 1950s Showa Era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1950s. This netsuke was made by a
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke ' Duck ' 1950s Showa Era
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke ' Duck ' 1950s Showa Era
$387 Sale Price
25% Off
H 1.38 in W 1.97 in D 1.07 in
Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Crab Claw' 1970s Showa era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1970s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1970s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

Materials

Stone

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
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Crab and Monkey' 1920s
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Crab and Monkey' 1920s
$442 Sale Price
20% Off
H 1.74 in W 1.58 in D 1.58 in
A boxwood netsuke of a sennin with a sake bottle
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke with a blonde patina, depicting a long-bearded sennin walking with a staff and a
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

A boxwood netsuke of a sennin with a sake bottle
A boxwood netsuke of a sennin with a sake bottle
$1,201
H 3.04 in W 1.03 in D 0.75 in
Netsuke in boxwood in the form of three clams
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood nestuke in the form of three clams or bivalve shells, probably of the Ruditapes philippinarum sub species that can be found all the way from Siberia to Philippines, and Japan...
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Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

Netsuke in boxwood in the form of three clams
Netsuke in boxwood in the form of three clams
$1,802
H 0.99 in W 1.58 in D 1.19 in
'Tree Root' . Hand colored lithogarph circa 1959.
By Jack Coutu
Located in Frome, Somerset
Surrey College of Art and Design in Farnham from 1965 to 1985. In 1968, he started to carve netsuke (as
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1950s Modern Landscape Prints

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Lithograph

'Tree Root' . Hand colored lithogarph circa 1959.
'Tree Root' . Hand colored lithogarph circa 1959.
$722 Sale Price
20% Off
H 25.6 in W 34.26 in D 1.19 in
A Japanese netsuke depicting a monkey with a turtle
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a seated monkey stopping a turtle with its right paw. Period: Edo 19th
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

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Boxwood

A Japanese netsuke depicting a monkey with a turtle
A Japanese netsuke depicting a monkey with a turtle
$2,583
H 1.58 in W 1.26 in D 0.79 in
Japanese Antique Wooden Small Netsuke 'Laying Wild Boar' 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inro box, netsuke later developed
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Antique Small Wooden Netsuke 'Sitting wild boar' 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inro box, netsuke later developed
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

Japanese Antique Wooden Small Netsuke 'Two wild boar' 1960s
Located in Paris, FR
Japan. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inro box, netsuke later developed
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

A Japanese Corozo Nut Netsuke Depicting Two Chestnuts, Signed Ikko
Located in Milano, IT
A Japanese netsuke carved from corozo nut, depicting a pair of finely detailed chestnuts. The
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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Walnut

Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Mouse and Hand cart' 1960s 'Masaoka'
Located in Paris, FR
. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inro box, netsuke later developed into ornately
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Vintage 1960s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese Netsuke in Boxwoord in the form of two chestnut
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke of two chestnuts, one smaller on top of the larger. Chestnuts are a central part
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

Set of Three Japanese Wood Netsukes
Located in Atlanta, GA
Set of three Japanese netsukes carved out of wood with a reddish stained finish, appear to be circa
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

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Wood

Set of Three Japanese Wood Netsukes
Set of Three Japanese Wood Netsukes
$1,200 / set
H 2 in W 1.5 in D 1 in
Japanese Wooden Small Netsuke 'A Head' 1940s Showa era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1940s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1940s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Small Elephant' 1920s Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese Antique 2 Wooden Netsuke Charms Okinamen and Onnamen
Located in Paris, FR
These are wooden netsukes made in Japan around showa period 1980s. One is called 'Onnamen' and
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Late 20th Century Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Japanese Antique 2 Wooden Netsuke Charms Okinamen and Onnamen
Japanese Antique 2 Wooden Netsuke Charms Okinamen and Onnamen
$454 Sale Price
30% Off
H 0.91 in W 2.96 in D 2.17 in
Japanese Boxwood Inro & Netsuke of Rats and Snakes in Basket
Located in San Diego, CA
A really nice vintage Japanese boxwood inro and netsuke of rats and snakes on a round basket, circa
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Early 20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings

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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
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

Materials

Boxwood

Boxwood netsuke representing a ducthman with child and a trumpet
Located in PARIS, FR
Wooden netsuke of a standing Dutchman figure with his mouth open, leaning forward. He is wearing a
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Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke Wild Boar 1950s by artist Tomotada
Located in Paris, FR
. Initially a simply-carved button fastener on the cords of an inro box, netsuke later developed into ornately
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Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures

Materials

Wood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke Wild Boar 1950s by artist Tomotada
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke Wild Boar 1950s by artist Tomotada
$413 Sale Price
20% Off
H 1.19 in W 1.78 in D 1.19 in
Japanese Antique Wooden Netsuke 'mouse and rooster' 1920s Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures

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Wood

Japanese Netsuke – Grotesque Mask, Edo To Early Meiji Period (circa 1820–1880)
Located in Bilzen, BE
"Japanese Netsuke – Grotesque Mask, Edo To Early Meiji Period (circa 1820–1880)" A finely carved
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Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

Materials

Wood

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
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Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities

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Boxwood

Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke 'Tea pot and Bat' 1920s Taisho era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s. Netsuke is a miniature
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Vintage 1920s Japanese Taisho Figurative Sculptures

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Wood

Japanese boxwood netsuke in the form of three toads stacked on each other
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood representing a group of three toads, laying on a flat base, inlaid eyes made of
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Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings

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Boxwood

A Signed Japanese Netsuke of a Monkey Riding a Turtle, Showa Period
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
An amusing Showa Period (1926-1989) hand carved hardwood netsuke depicting a monkey riding atop a
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Mid-20th Century Japanese Showa Sculptures and Carvings

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Hardwood

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Carved Netsuke For Sale on 1stDibs

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The average selling price for a piece of carved netsuke at 1stDibs is $849, while they’re typically $199 on the low end and $24,153 for the highest priced.