TIMED Fine Arts & Antiques June 2025: Netsuke - A Belgian Private Collection Part I

1: A Japanese bone netsuke of a galloping boar, Meiji period (late 19th/early 20thC), W 5 cm - 20,2g

2: A Japanese ivory netsuke of a shishi with a ball, Meiji/Taisho period (early 20thC), H 2,5 cm - W 3,5 cm - weight 16g (+)

3: A Japanese hippo ivory netsuke of a sambaso dancer with articulated head, signed, Meiji period (19thC), H 4,7 cm - 18,8g (*)

4: A Japanese ivory netsuke of a cockerel, signed Masatsugu, Meiji period (1868-1912), H 4 cm - W 4 cm - D 3,6 cm - 35g (+)

5: A Japanese-style ivory aubergine with shibayama decoration of mother-of-pearl insects, early 20th century, W 17 cm - D 3,5 cm - H 4,5 cm - 185g (+)

6: Three Japanese wood mask netsuke, all signed, Meiji period, all H ca. 4,5 cm

7: A Japanese ivory netsuke of Hotei with the bag of good fortune, Edo period (17th/18thC), H 2,5 cm - D 2,3 cm - W 4,2 cm - 22,7g (+)

8: Three Japanese wood mask netsuke, Meiji period (1868-1912), all H ca. 4,5 cm

9: A Japanese ivory netsuke of a ram, signed Chikayuki (?), Edo/Meiji period (19thC), H 5,7 cm - W 4,3 cm - D 3,5 cm - 56g (+)

10: A Japanese ivory netsuke of a dog, Edo period (late 18th/early 19thC), W 5,5 cm - D 2,3 cm - H 2 cm - 21g (+)

11: Two ivory Japanese shunga netsuke, both signed, Meiji/Taisho period, H 2,3 cm - W 3,9 cm - D 3,8 cm - 20g / H 2,8 cm - W 3,2 cm - D 2,2 cm - 11,7g (+)

12: A fine Japanese ivory netsuke of a Tartar archer, Edo period (probably late 18thC or early 19thC), H 7,5 cm - 30g (+)

13: A Japanese ivory okimono of a shishi with a ball, signed, Meiji period (1868-1912), H 3 cm - 16g (+)

14: A Japanese wood netsuke of a dog with puppies, signed, Meiji period, W 4,5 cm; added a wood netsuke of a monkey sitting on a tortoise, Meiji/Taisho period, W 4,5 cm

15: A Japanese whale or hippo ivory netsuke of a bunch of rats on a leaf, signed Masamitsu, Meiji period (19thC), W 5 cm - 19g (*)

16: A Japanese hippo ivory netsuke of a sambaso dancer signed Seizan or Gyokuzan, added; a sperm whale ivory netsuke of a man on a tortoise, signed, both Meiji/Taisho period (first half of the 20thC), H 5,2 cm - H 3,7 cm (*)

17: A Japanese ivory netsuke of figures climbing on a large shell, signed, Meiji period (late 19thC), W 4,5 cm - H 3,5 cm - D 4 cm - 40g (+)

18: A Japanese ivory netsuke of Chokaro sennin and a child holding a gourd, Edo period (18thC), H 5,5 cm - 27,5g (+)

19: Three charming Japanese wood mask netsuke, Meiji/Taisho period, all H ca. 5 cm

20: A fine Japanese ivory netsuke of a boy playing with rats, Meiji period (19thC/early 20thC), W 3,6 cm - H 3,6 cm - 19,2g (+)