The Helen & Jack Mang Collection of Netsuke

Inscribed Tomotada, Kyoto, , Early 19th century. Eyes inlaid in black, deeply stained a dark brown, well-worn and patinated. Inscribed on the under

By Tomotada, Kyoto, Mid 18th century. , Mid 18th century. Eyes inlaid in black, the horns made of black horn, the ribs well defined and realistic,

Kyoto, , Late 18th/early 19th century. Seated, pointing to his eye with his left index finger in a bekkako gesture while his right hand reaches beh

Kyoto, , Late 18th/early 19th century. The acrobat, grasping a trumpet, is balanced on the back of a recumbent Baku, in the form of an elephant or

By Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, , Late 18th century. The rope bridle flowing back from the nose to drape over his back where it meets the tail. Eyes i

By Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, , Late 18th century. Sitting on its tail and scratching face with the left paw. Eyes inlaid in dark horn. Signed on un

By Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, , Late 18th century. Three beans with a white color to topside, and warm orange tone to the underside. Signed on under

School of Okatomo, Kyoto, , Late 18th/early 19th century. The first, a cluster of five lima beans beginning to open, inscribed, Okatomo. The second,

By Yamaguchi Okatomo, Kyoto, , Early 19th century. The pup scratching its chin with its left rear paw sitting under the adult. Signed in a polished

Inscribed Okatomo. Kyoto, , Late 18th/early 19th century. In a heraldic pose and supporting a reticulated ball between them with a loose ball insid