An ivory netsuke of a grazing horse. 19th centuryStanding with hooves placed closed together, the lowered head finely carved with a carefully part...

A boxwood netsuke of a recumbent goat. Mid-19th centuryLying with its legs folded beneath and head raised. The eyes inlaid in light horn, the eye ...

An ivory netsuke of a boar. 19th centuryAbout to rise, the head raised, the mouth with big tusks slightly open. The eye pupils of dark horn. One e...

An ivory netsuke of a horse. Late 18th centuryIts hooves placed closely together, looking down, head turned. The horse's tail rendred in low relie...

An ivory netsuke of a grazing horse. Late 19th centuryStanding with hooves placed close together, the long tail slung over the hind legs. Eyes of ...

A boxwood netsuke of Chôkarô's horse. Early 19th centuryWinding out of a gourd, the head turned towards the hind legs. Length 5.5 cmProvenancePriv...

An ivory netsuke of a tiger. First half 19th centurySeated with forelegs wide apart, and looking back toward its tail placed over his back, the nu...

An ivory netsuke of a dog. Early 19th centuryLying on a rain cape (mino) and a straw hat, the bulging eyes of black horn. Height 2.6 cm; width 3....

A fine ivory netsuke of a cat on a fan. 19th centuryLying on a partly opened folding fan, playing with a bell attached to her collar. Both her fur...

An ivory netsuke of a hare. Early 19th centuryRaising its head with its long ears laid-back, the eyes inlaid in amber. Chipped. Height 3.1 cm; len...

A fine ivory netsuke of two hares next to a rock. 19th centurySitting closely together next to a rock with a small horsetail bundle. The hares' sp...

An ivory netsuke of a rat with Daikoku's attributes. Second half 19th centurySquatting and wearing a asanoha-patterned jacket, with Daikoku's attr...

A boxwood netsuke of two rats. 19th centuryA boxwood netsuke of two rats looking up, winding around each other, front paws placed on each other's ...

An ivory netsuke of a group of rats in an abalone shell. Late 19th centuryA large group of rats huddle together in an awabi shell while other rats...

An ivory netsuke of a rat inside a bag. Early 19th centuryVisible in the two openings of a patchwork bag. The eye pupil of black horn. Height 2.2 ...

An ivory netsuke of a rat in a chestnut. Second half 19th centuryScrambling out from a big chestnut, facing a smaller one. The bigger overripe che...

A boxwood netsuke of a coiled rat. 19th centuryA boxwood netsuke of a coiled rat holding her long tail curved around the body, whilst scratching i...

Two netsuke. Late 19th centurya) A group of fourteen rats on top of a shishimai mask, ivory, the eye pupils of black glass, signed Masamitsu, and ...

Two netsuke. 19th/20th centurya) A rat, shimenawa and ferns in a bamboo winnowing basket, ivory, chipped, and b) five rats by a mushroom, inscribe...

An ivory netsuke of a fukura suzume. Late 18th/19th centuryOf typical stylised form with a double row of wing feathers and engraved plumage. Rewor...

A wood and Bamboo netsuke of a flying swallow. Late 19th centuryThe pointed wings merging into its split tail, the plumage rendered by engraving a...

A Kyoto school ivory netsuke of a fukura suzume. Early 19th centuryWith raised tail feathers, its wings spread out, and large feet. The eyes of bl...

A marine ivory and wood netsuke of a parrot. 19th/20th centuryPerched on a tree stump, its head bent forward, cleaning its plumage. The eyes inlai...

A stag antler netsuke of a parrot. 19th centuryLurking, its head turned to one side. The branch's pine tufts look out from under the wings held cl...

An ivory netsuke of an eagle and a hare. Mid-19th centuryThe eagle's eye pupils of black horn, the hare's eyes of coral. Signed Shinkeisai in an i...

An ivory netsuke of a snake. Early 19th centuryCoiled up on three leaves, a few scales on the head evoking the skin's texture. Height 2.4 cm; leng...

A fine wood netsuke of a snake in a pumpkin. Mid-19th centuryWith opened mouth, winding through a pumpkin. The snake's skin finely carved, the mou...

A boxwood netsuke of a snake winding around a tortoise. 19th centuryA boxwood netsuke of a snake winding around a tortoise which tries to push the...

An ivory netsuke of a winding snake. 20th centuryWith a thin long tongue and the mouth wide open. Inscribed Tomokazu in an oval reserve. Height 3....

An ivory netsuke of sansukumi. Ca. 1880The winding snake with a flicking tongue encircles a skull and faces the climbing frog and crawling small s...

A boxwood netsuke of toads. First half 19th centurySquatting on top of eachother. Their forelegs placed under their massive bodies, their rough an...

Two ivory netsuke of toads. Late 19th centuryTwo ivory netsuke of a) a toad sitting on a leaf, inscribed Munemitsu, and b) a toad sitting on a tor...

An ivory netsuke of a frog on lotus leaf, by Hokusui. 19th century.Sitting on a lotus lead, head raised. The leaf with finely engraved veins on th...

A boxwood netsuke of two wrestling turtles. 19th centuryStanding on a tattered lotus leaf, the heads closely pressed together, trying to push the ...

A ryûsa-type ivory manjû. Second half 19th centuryIn openwork relief a carp and a tortoise amidst the waves of a lotus pond. The eye pupil of the ...

Two netsuke. 19th/20th centurya) A large boxwood toad with a smaller animal on its back, inscribed Masanao, and b) an ivory long-haired goat, the ...

An umimatsu netsuke of a catfish. 19th centuryThe earthquake's fish (namazu) with a slight swing of the tail fin, entirely carved from umimatsu, t...

A walrus tusk netsuke of an octopus with fish. 19th centuryA walrus tusk netsuke of an octopus on an awabi, desperately trying to get hold of a se...

A large boxwood netsuke of an octopus. 20th centuryIn upright position, the meticulously carved tentacles partly winding along the back of the hea...

A stained ivory netsuke of an octopus. Around 1900The animal is wrapped in a large leaf and tied up for transportation. Signed in a rectangular re...

An ivory netsuke of a cluster of shells. First half 19th centuryA large hamaguri clam, two large awabi with two bar mussels on top surrounded by n...

A mixed-metal manjû-type netsuke of an awabi. 19th centuryApplied with a venus shell (hamaguri), a conch (hora) and another awabi shell. Eyelet to...

An ivory netsuke of a snail. Early 20th centuryThe fat body of the snail curves around its large coiled shell. Signed in red stained engraving Fûi...

An Osaka ivory netsuke of a slug on an old roof tile. Late 19th centuryCrawling over a damaged roof tile, the circular front displaying the charac...

A hornbill netsuke of a spider on a leaf. Second half 19th centuryThe insect sits with eight legs spread wide apart on a banana leaf with a rolled...

An ivory netsuke of a biwa. Second half 19th centuryThe bulging fruit lying on a branch fork beside a long leaf with thick veins. The branch's tex...

A Nagoya wood netsuke of a chrysynthemum flower and insects. 19th centuryAtop the flower sits a fly rendered in bone and with large eyes of black ...

A two-part ivory netsuke of a pine cone. Late 19th centuryOpening to reveal Jô and Uba underneath pine trees in one part, its counterpart carved w...

A group of four bone and wood netsuke. 19th/20th centurya) Fruits, bone and wood, b) an oak leaf, two gingko leaves and a maple leaf, ivory, c) m...

A fine kagamibuta-netsuke. Mid-19th centuryThe bowl of ivory carved in openwork with several tools and handicrats, symbols of the four-social clas...

A bone netsuke of a mokugyo. Late 19th centuryThe upper part of a gong with a handle in shape of a dragon fish, the eye pupil of black horn, on th...

An ivory netsuke of six grotesque masks. Late 19th centuryNone of the masks show any similarity to known mask types. The himotôshi is shaped by a ...

A lacquered wood netsuke of a small gigaku mask. Late 19th centuryWith bulging eyes and full lips, the lacquer imitating traces of wear and age. S...

Ten reference books on netsukeIncluding, a) Brockhaus, Albert, Netsuke, Leipzig, 1925 (photocopy). b) Coullery, Newstead, The Baur Collection, Net...

INS-Journals and other publications79 in total, complete vol. 1984, 2002, 08, 09 and 2011 - 2017. Single volumes 1981 - 83, 1985, 1991, -92, -93, ...