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Material: Boxwood
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 century
Dimensions: 4 x 3.2 x 3.8 cm.
Condition: Excellent condition.
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Boxwood Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
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 patina on the front contrasting with the darker part on the back.
Large himotoshi h...
Category
Mid-18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Boxwood Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting a peeled mandarin
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a partially peeled mandarin, carved with extraordinary realism. The peel reveals the segmented interior of the fruit, with every detail carefully defined....
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Antiquities
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 associated with rebirth, transformation while the pumpkin is a symbol of fertility, abundanc...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Boxwood Antiquities
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: Japan
Period: Meiji late 19th century.
Dimensions: 4 x 3.5 x 2 cm.
State of co...
Category
19th Century Japonisme Antique Boxwood Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
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 inside the carapace.
Origin: Japan
Period: Edo 19th century.
Dimensions: 3.4 x 3 x ...
Category
Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Boxwood Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting a toad on a circular stone millstone, signed Masanao
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a toad climbing a circular stone millstone. The toad's wrinkled skin is meticulously engraved to create a realistic appearance. The netsuke has a shiny pati...
Category
19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Boxwood Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese Wooden Dagger, Late 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese high quality wooden dagger. The carving is made of the highest quality as often Japanese items are. There is a signature and a poem engraved on side. Comes from an old Swedish collection...
Category
Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
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A MAGNIFICENT WOODEN NETSUKE OF A MONKEY. Edo period.
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A Signed Japanese Netsuke of a Monkey Riding a Turtle, Showa Period
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An amusing Showa Period (1926-1989) hand carved hardwood netsuke depicting a monkey riding atop a turtle, the eyes of the monkey inset with cabochon pupils, signed with etched charac...
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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 period, late 19th century, Japan.
The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other.
The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons.
The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood.
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A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Nio With A Giant Sandal
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a Nio engaged in braiding the strings of a giant sandal. The Niō's expression is intense with sculpted muscles in tension and a determined face. Ringed Himo...
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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.
Signed Masanao on a rectangular gusset in the center of the sandal.
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A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Pair Of Quails Crouching On Millet
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A boxwood netsuke depicting a pair of quails crouching on millet, with horned eyes. The mother lovingly protects her baby, creating an image of family affection in nature.
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A Japanese boxwood netsuke depicting three toads on a sandal
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Located in Milano, IT
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This exceptional antique Chinese silver picture frame has a shaped rectangular form with a rectangular internal window.
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