SEVEN JAPANESE NETSUKE

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

One made of the lacquered jaw of a small carnivorous animal, possibly a dog; the others in wood, variously depicting a large tengu no tamago, the winged creature beating on a drum; another a kneeling figure wearing a square mask; the third a large oni trying to hide under a shield on Setsubun; the fourth a skeleton sumo wrestling an oni; the fifth a grimacing South Sea Islander holding a large jar and the last carved as a bakemono climbing on the back of a mokugyo bell with bat wings, some with signatures including Kokuho and Shunsai, 6cm max. (7)

Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.