Oriental Rugs & Carpets; Asian, African, Pre-Columbian & Devotional Works of Art

NABESHIMA DISH, well painted with peaches, the high foot with a dentil band and the exterior with three clusters of coins, dia. 8.4" - 21.4 cm....

N IVORY NETSUKE OF A FARMER AND A WATER BUFFALO, ht. 1.2" - 3 cm., Signed: Shogyoku, Japan, early 20th c. See illustration

N IVORY EROTIC NETSUKE, of manju form, of a man peering through clouds at a woman at her bath, dia. 1.8" - 4.5 cm., Signed: Kosho, Japan, c. 19...

HORN NETSUKE OF A SEATED MAN, grinding seeds on a raised board, wearing a cloth cap, a basket to his side, ht. 1.1" - 2.7 cm., Unsigned, Japan,...

FINE IVORY NETSUKE OF TWO OCTOPI, in tall rimmed pots, with comic 'usobuki' faces and inlaid eyes, ht. 1.5" - 3.7 cm., Signed: Tomokazu...

N IVORY NETSUKE OF FOUR BOYS, interlinked as a puzzle, ht. 1.3" - 3.3 cm., Signed: Masayuki, Japan, early 20th c.

N IVORY NETSUKE OF FIVE FROGS, jointly eating a flower, on a lotus leaf base, ht. 1.4" - 3.6 cm., Unsigned, Japan, 19th c. See illustration

N IVORY NETSUKE OF DAIKOKU, seated with a mallet and peach, the goateed God with a cloth cap and floral patterned jacket, ht. 1.3" - 3.3 cm., S...

N IVORY NETSUKE OF JUROJIN THE ACROBAT, the bearded God doing a handstand, ht. 2" - 5.2 cm., Signed: Shozan, Japan, early 20th c. See illustrat...

N IVORY OKIMONO OF LION DANCERS, one boy with a large drum, another with clappers and a third with a lion headdress, ht. 1.7" - 4.4 cm., Signed...