Lot 816 D‡α

Two boxwood and one ivory netsuke. 19th century

Two boxwood and one ivory netsuke of a) a boy seated on an ox and playing the flute (of bone), inscribed Tomotada, one end of the flute missing and a short crack, b) a blind stone lifter/Totsuka beggar, inscribed Miwa on an inlaid ivory tablet, and c) a rat on a bean pod, the eye pupils of black glass, signed Masatami, small chip. 19th century. (3)
Height a) 4 cm; b) 3.5 cm; c) 1.8 cm