The Helen & Jack Mang Collection of Netsuke

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,