Lot 460 D‡α

Two ivory netsuke. 19th century

a) A group of nine nô and kyôgen masks, signed Rakuyô, b) Ryûsa-manjû. Overlapping shapes carved with otsu-e figures, on the front: Fujimusume, Oni nenbutsu and a blind man, on the reverse: Yakko, Kadori Myôjin and a falconer, signed Minkoku on the reverse. (2)
Diameter a) 5.1 cm; b) 3.9 cm