A RARE EBONY WOOD INGYO (SEAL) NETSUKE OF A SINIUUnsignedJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The goat-like mythical being seated on an oval...

A BRONZE SILK SEAL (ITO-IN) DEPICTING A FOREIGNERUnsigned Japan, 17th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The circular seal surmounted by an openworked...

A RARE BRONZE NETSUKE OF TENGU NO TOMAGOUnsignedJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Cast in bronze and finely patinated and carved as a hat...

TENMIN: AN IVORY AND METAL KAGAMIBUTA WITH RAKANBy Asama Tenmin, signed Tenmin 天民Japan, Tokyo, late 19th centuryThe disc very finely worked in hig...

A RARE IVORY AND METAL KAGAMIBUTA WITH WASPUnsignedJapan, late 19th centuryThe open-worked metal disc formed as a wasp with neatly detailed featur...

RYUMIN: A FINE IVORY AND METAL KAGAMIBUTA WITH DRUNKEN RAKANBy Serizawa Ryumin (born c. 1836), signed Ryumin 立民 and kakihanJapan, Tokyo, c. 1870Pu...

MINKOKU: A RARE STAG ANTLER AND SHIBUICHI KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE DEPICTING BENTEN By Shokasai Minkoku (1854-1917), signed Minkoku 民國 with kakihanJapa...

A FINE SPERHICAL SILVER AND GILT FLORAL NETSUKE UnsignedJapan, 18th/19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of spherical shape and consisting of tw...

A RARE MINIATURE SILVER AND COPPER YATATE (PORTABLE WRITING SET) UnsignedJapan, 19th centuryPublished: Chappell, Sharen & Welch, Matthew (1999) Ne...

YOSHISATO: A SUPERB MIXED METAL NETSUKE DEPICTING PUPPIESBy Kono Yoshisato, signed Yoshisato 芳里 and kakihanJapan, c. 1870Published: Lazarnick, Geo...

AN EXQUISITE HIRADO PORCELAIN NETSUKE OF A PUPPYUnsignedJapan, 19th centuryFinely and sensitively modeled, the recumbent dog with the head raised ...

A HIRADO PORCELAIN NETSUKE OF A TIGER ON BAMBOO UnsignedJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)A Hirado-yaki netsuke of a tiger clambering on...

A RARE AND LARGE MOTHER-OF-PEARL NETSUKE OF A NAMAZUUnsignedJapan, 18th/19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Carved from a large piece of brightly ...

A RARE MARINE TUSK MANJU NETSUKE OF THE SAMBIKI SARUUnsignedJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Well-carved as the three wise monkeys, Miza...

A RARE MARINE TOOTH NETSUKE OF SONGOKUUnsignedJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The monkey king Songoku is dressed in typical attire, wea...

A POWERFUL SHUZAN-STYLE SAISHIKI NETSUKE OF A RANRYO-O DANCERIn the style of Yoshimura Shuzan, unsignedJapan, Osaka, 18th century, Edo period (161...

A RARE PAIR OF PAINTED BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF JO AND UBAUnsignedJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Each figure finely carved and painted with ...

A LARGE AND VERY RARE LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE OF A HIRYU (FLYING DRAGON FISH)UnsignedJapan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Published: Katchen,...

A SUPERB AND UNUSUAL SAISHIKI NETSUKE OF A MAN IN AGONY UnsignedJapan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The saishiki (painted hinoki wood) net...

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE AND LARGE SOLID CORAL NETSUKE OF GAMA SENNINUnsignedJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Carved from a large and heavy...

A SUPERB UMIMATSU NETSUKE OF A FROG ON TREE STUMPUnsignedJapan, probably Iwami, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The large f...

KANGETSU: AN UNUSUAL LACQUER MANJU NETSUKE WITH FROGSBy Kangetsu, signed Kangetsu 閑月 and kakihanJapan, 19th centuryOf peculiar shape, consisting o...

A FINE LACQUER MANJU NETSUKE WITH SARUMAWASHI AND MONKEYUnsignedJapan, 19th centuryThe two-part lacquer manju netsuke bearing a brown lacquer grou...

A LACQUERED WOOD SASHI NETSUKE OF TAIRA NO TADANORI UNDERNEATH A CHERRY TREEUnsignedJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The kushi-shaped sa...

A RARE LACQUER NETSUKE OF A JINGASA (WAR HAT)UnsignedJapan, 19th centuryFormed as a jingasa (war hat), a traditional hat worn by samurai, lacquere...

A FINE GILT-INLAID LACQUER MANJU NETSUKE WITH IMPERIAL MONSUnsignedJapan, 19th centuryThe two-part manju lacquered in rich gold takamaki-e with a ...

HOJUSAI: A RARE LACQUERED WOOD KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE DEPICTING A MAN WITH BASKETBy Hojusai, signed Hojusai 宝珠齋Japan, 19th centuryThe plate bearing a ...

KOMA KANSAI: A FINE LACQUER MANJU NETSUKE DEPICTING MATSUSHIMA BAYBy Koma Kansai, signed Kansai 寛哉Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The t...

SHIBATA ZESHIN: A FINE LACQUER ITOMAKI NETSUKEBy Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), signed Zeshin 是眞Japan, c. 1860The two-part cushion-shaped netsuke ser...

A TSUISHU LACQUER MANJU NETSUKE WITH SAGES AND ATTENDANTSUnsignedJapan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The manju netsuke lacquered in tsuishu...

A TSUISHU LACQUER NETSUKE WITH SAGES AND PINE TREESUnsignedJapan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The cushion-shaped two-part netsuke lacquere...

A TSUISHU LACQUER HYOTAN-FORM NETSUKE WITH KEMARI PLAYERSUnsignedJapan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Finely lacquered in tsuishu (carved re...

KAJIKAWA: A RARE AND LARGE LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE OF IKKAKU SENNIN CARRYING THE LADY OF BENARESBy a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa...

A RARE LACQUERED NETSUKE OF A MONKEY AND HARE ENGAGED IN KUBIHIKI (NECK WRESTLING)Unsigned Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)Finely carved and lacque...

AN UNUSUAL INLAID BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING BONSAI TREESUnsignedJapan, 17th-18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of upright, ...

KAJIKAWA: A GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING FROLICKING HORSESBy a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa 梶川Japan, 17th century, Edo ...

KAJIKAWA: A RARE SILVER AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO WITH DRAGONBy a member of the Kajikawa family, signed Kajikawa 梶川 saku 作...

A RARE GOLD LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO DEPICTING WINGED DRAGON-FISHUnsigned Japan, 17th/18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of rounded rectangular fo...

A BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING A SLEEPING WOODCUTTERUnsigned Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of rounded rectangular ...

INABA: A GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING A PLUM TREEBy a member of the Inaba family, signed Inaba 稲葉 saku 作Japan, 18th/19th century, Edo per...

SHISEN: A FINE GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING OF A SLEEPING LADYBy Shisen, signed Shisen 芝船 saku 作 Japan, 19th centuryOf rounded rectangula...

SHOKASAI AND SHIBAYAMA: AN INLAID GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING KAN'UBy Shokasai and a member of the Shibayama family, signed Shokasai 松花齋...

SHOKYOSAI: A GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING HOTEI AND SHISHIMAI DANCERSBy Shokyosai, signed Shokyosai 枩夾斎 Japan, 19th centuryOf lenticular ...

SHOKASAI: A GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING THE ROKKASENBy Shokasai, signed Shokasai 松花齋Japan, 19th centuryOf lenticular form, the kinji gro...

A GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO WITH DAIKOKU AND EBISUAttributed to Shokasai and the Shibayama family, unsignedJapan, 19th centuryOf lenticular form...

AN EXCEPTIONALLY LARGE GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING A MINOGAME AND CRANESUnsigned Japan, 18th-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of upri...

AN UNUSUAL METAL-INLAID BLACK LACQUER SAYA (SHEATH) INROUnsigned Japan, 19th centuryThe roiro saya decorated with mixed-metal inlays to depict a t...

A FINE MOTHER-OF-PEARL INLAID GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO DEPICTING A TIGER IN BAMBOOUnsigned Japan, 19th centuryOf rounded square form and rectan...

A RARE BAMBOO TWO-CASE INRO WITH TEA CEREMONY ACCOUTREMENTSUnsignedJapan, 19th century Carved in the form of a bamboo stalk, the exterior decorat...

A BLACK AND GOLD LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO WITH NEW YEAR MOTIFS Unsigned Japan, 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form, the roiro ground finely lac...

A RED AND BLACK LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO DEPICTING ANCIENT COINSUnsigned Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)The black and red-lacquered gro...

A RARE RED AND GOLD-LACQUER THREE-CASE INROUnsignedJapan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of rounded rectangular form, the red-lacquer ground ...

A SPLENDID GOLD LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO WITH A KINGFISHER AND LOTUSUnsigned Japan, 19th centuryOf rounded rectangular form and oval section, the n...

TOSHIHIDE: A SUPERB LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO AFTER A PAINTING BY KOSHU (1760-1822)By Tatsuke Toshihide, signed Toshihide 寿秀 and sealed Tokei 東渓; aft...

SADASHIGE: A SUPERB GOLD LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO DEPICTING FALCONSBy Sadashige, signed Sadashige 定重 saku 作Japan, 18th/19th century, Edo period (16...

JOKASAI: AN UNUSUAL KINCHAKU-FORM LACQUER FOUR-CASE INROBy Yamada Jokasai, signed Jo O 常翁 with kakihanJapan, 19th centuryModeled in the form of a ...

A VERY RARE CHAMPLEVE-DECORATED IRON 'INRO-SHAPED' WRITING SETUnsigned Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Of upright fo...

SHOKOSAI: AN UNUSUAL LACQUER THREE-CASE INRO WITH A POMEGRANATE AND WASPBy Shokosai, signed Shokosai 松光齋 Japan, 19th centuryThe lobed inro bearing...

KENYA: A RARE CERAMIC-INLAID WOOD INRO DEPICTING YAMAYURI (MOUNTAIN LILY)By Ogata Kenya (1853-1923), signed Kenya 乾也Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912...

KENZAN: A CERAMIC THREE-CASE INRO SET WITH EN SUITE NETSUKE AND OJIMEAttributed to Miura Kenya (1825-1889), signed Kenzan 乾山Japan, 19th centuryOf ...