Black ground decorated in relief in gold, red and silver (?) and inlaid with shell. Depicting a small bird on a japonica (?) branch, while on the reverse is a branch with prunus flowers. Edo period. Fitzwilliam Museum

Inro met vogel, netsuke met bloesems, ojime, anoniem, 1821 - Japan

Sparrow Netsuke Ivory

By Sadashige, signed Sadashige 定重 saku 作 Japan, 18th/19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Of rounded rectangular form and oval section, the nashiji ground finely lacquered in gold, silver, and red takamaki-e to either side with a falcon tethered to its perch

By a member of the Kajikawa family, 19th century. With a continuous scene of two bears in a hilly landscape, one drinking at a stream while the other stands, leaning on a rock, the reverse with two large birds perched on a withered branch overhanging a waterfall.

Case (Inrō) with Design of Standing Cranes (obverse); Tortoises beside Stones (reverse) | Japan | Meiji period (1868–1912) | The Met

Cricket Cage, Kyokusai Tsukamoto (Japan, active 1868-1926), Japan, late 19th-early 20th century, Costumes, Wood.

Pigeon-Shaped Flute, Mitsuhiro Ōhara (Japan, 1810-1875), Japan, mid-19th century, Costumes, Ivory with staining, sumi.

Sold at auction Ivory Okimono of a Fisherman with Two Boys for sale in auction. Auction Number 2647B, Lot Number 46. Bid on similar items for sale at auction

Unsigned Japan, 18th/19th century, Edo period

SIGNED KOMA YASUTADA SAKU, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

19th century. Inro lacquered in gold takamaki-e with a mandarin duck on a rock by a stream, a wading bird on the reverse, signed Shokasai.

1775-1850. This netsuke, carved from ivory, is in the form of an octopus standing on a base, the underside of which is carved with two characters in relief suggesting it was intended to be used as a seal. V and A Museum.

FOUR CASE GOLD LACQUER INRO BY UNRYUAN With nashiji interiors, decorated with a Samurai's retainer training a rearing horse

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