The Helen & Jack Mang Collection of Netsuke

By Shibayama saku and Kakosai Shozan, Tokyo, Mid 19th century. Depicted with flowing red hair and red and gold brocade on the pantaloons, face and

By Shibata Zeshin. Tokyo, Mid 19th century. Front and back with a design of pine needles in gold hiramakie, the inside is gold hirame scattered on

Attributed to Umezawa Ryushin. Tokyo, Early 20th century. Rim with a design of leaves in heavy black lacquer with gold veining. Signed on the back

Mid 19th century. The first, a porcelain manju, decorated in underglaze blue with a design of a flock of birds coming over a mountain, the back wit

By Teiji.(D2885), Tokyo, Mid 19th century. An adult turtle is surmounted by two young, the unglazed upper surfaces of all three have traces of gold

By Teiji. Tokyo, Mid 19th century. Kneeling the skirt finished in a bluish-green glaze, portions of the arms have been left unglazed, the fan lacqu

Hirado, Mid 19th century. Crouching on a lotus pedestal, finished with clear, brown, celadon, and blue glazes. An identical model is in the Silverm

Mid 19th century. Kidney-shaped with relief of a Shishi lion and Peony in clear, blue and brown glazes. The combination of Shishi and Peony symboli

Hirado, Mid 19th century. Kneeling and holding a shishi Mask above his head, the mask contains a loose ceramic ball, finely finished with green, re

Mid 19th century. The first, a sparrow, pure white with the feathers neatly modeled under the glaze. 1 1/2in (3.7cm). The second, a recumbent Karako

Mid 19th century. The first, a Gama Sennin with a toad head in his sleeve, with bisque w/ black, blue, yellow and lavender glazes. 2 1/8in (5.6cm).

Hirado, Mid 19th century. Holding a lion mask having bisque with white, blue, gold, and brown glazes. The mouth of the mask contains a loose cerami

The first, an eggplant. 2 3/8in (6cm). The second, by Masakazu of a Tsuru Sennin with his pot-belly. Signed in a sunken oval reserve, Masakazu. 2 3

The first, a porcelain mask of Hannya, in blue porcelain, possibly Kyoto ware. 1 3/4in (4.5cm). The second, a porcelain manju in a square ashtray

Kyoto, Mid/late 19th century. The first, by Mokubei, of a sleeping Ningyo holding on to the end of her tail that curls around from under her body.

Kyoto, Mid 19th century. The first, by Eiraku, seagull (miyakadori) with a celadon glaze and impressed unglazed seal, Eiraku. 1 5/8in (4cm). The se

Kyoto, Mid 19th century. The first, a Kyoto ware pottery figure of Daruma in meditation. 1 3/4in (4.4cm). The second, a Kyoto ware pottery netsuke

Tokyo, Mid 19th century. Oblong, the shibuichi plate has an ishime ground, the octopus is sentoku with gold eyes and Raiden is finely wrought in si

By Shuraku, Tokyo, Mid 19th century. A ryusa-style stag antler Asakusa school bowl and a shibuchi disk with an incised elephant holding a lotus flo

By Shuraku, Tokyo, Mid 19th century. A ivory bowl (cracked) of shibuichi takabori with gold and silver inlay and some ginzogan work depicting Yoko,