The Helen & Jack Mang Collection of Netsuke

By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, Mid 18th century. Seated with legs tucked under, eyes inlaid in brass with black pupils, roughly-hewn hair-work,

By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, Mid 18th century. Looking around to his left as he sits snarling with his tail curled over his back, eyes inlaid

By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, Late 18th century. Looking around to his left as he sits snarling with his tail curled around his body and his cu

By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, Mid 18th century. Recumbent with legs tucked under and the tail lying along its left side, eyes inlaid in brass w

By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, Late 18th century. With rotating eyes that are painted gold and red, the smaller of the two himotoshi is lined in

By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, Mid 18th century. The standing octopus with eyes inlaid in dark horn with black pupils looking down at monkey wit

Attributed to Tanaka Minko, Tsu, Mid 18th century. Seated with legs crossed and rocking backwards with mouth wide open and arms wrapped around his

By Kokei, School of Minko, Tsu, Late 18th century. Seated, the long tail curled up and around the back, the mouth slightly open and the eyes double

By Kokei, School of Minko, Tsu, Early 19th century. With well-marked fur-work, tail a little shorter than some and hunched a little further back in

Kokei style, School of Minko, Tsu, Early 19th century. Doing his best imitation of a Shishi lion with back humped up and a slight snarl to the mout

By Tomin, School of Minko, Tsu, Late 18th century. Seated, looking up with her tail curled around to rest under her hands, her scales and flowing ha

By Tomin, School of Minko, Tsu, Late 18th century. With rolling eyes carved of ivory that has been stained red at the back of the eyeballs and in c

By Tomin, School of Minko, Tsu, Late 18th century. Holding the rabbit in its claws, the eyes of the former inlaid in brass with ebony pupils. Signed

Inscribed Chikusen, Tsu, Late 19th century. Standing, carved entirely from red and yellow Guri lacquer. Inscribed on the underside, Chikusen.2 3/8i

By Hasegawa Ikko, Tsu, Early 19th century. Approximately twenty kinds of fish including bream, carp, skate, sunfish, octopus, squid, crayfish, eel,

By Hasegawa Ikko, Tsu, Early 19th century. Entangled atop a peasant hat, the cat wearing a braided rope collar, nicely patinated and with a large h

Masanao, Yamada, Mid 19th century. five turtles climbing atop one another, the leathery skin naturalistically carved, the finish a warm brown with

By Masanao I or II, Yamada, Mid 19th century. Seated and turning to the right with its mouth open and its tail curling round beneath, the stripes a

By Masanao I or II, Yamada, Mid 19th century. Wrestling with each other, with floppy ears and well defined claws on the paws, good hair-work and ni

By Masanao II or Shawaw(III?), Yamada, Mid 19th century. Comprised of three larger and two smaller fungi, the larger with gills on their undersides,