The Helen & Jack Mang Collection of Netsuke

By Okatori, Kyoto, , Early 19th century. One leaf winds around the back of the quail, whose eyes are inlaid in black horn. Signed on the underside o

By Okatori, Kyoto, , Late 18th century. Polishing a pot, his horns appear to have been shorn off and wearing a tiger-skin loin cloth. Signed on the

By Harumasa, Kyoto, , Early 19th century. Seated and turning to the left, one cub climbing onto his back, the other crouching beneath his jaw. The

Kyoto, , Late 18th/early 19th century. The first, a carved ivory group of four ginko nuts. Signed on underside without reserve, Mitsuharu. 1?in (3.

Kyoto, , Late 18th century. Roaring figure grasping a ball.. Eyes inlaid in dark horn. Signed on underside in an oval reserve, Mitsuharu. 1 7/8in (

By Kiyokatsu & attributed to, Kyoto, , Mid 19th century. The first, a group of six ginko nuts, signed Kiyokatsu. A similare piece that appears...

Attributed to Hakuryu II, Kyoto, , Mid 19th century. Snarling with long tail curling around back. The eyes inlaid in mother-of-pearl with dark cent

By Kagetoshi, active early to mid 19th century, Kyoto, , Mid 19th century. All eyes inlaid in black except for the hare which are in coral. Signed

School of Nagai Rantei, Kyoto, , Mid 19th century. Larger monkey wearing a short tunic with a diapered lozenge pattern and picking fleas of the bac

Nagai Rantei, Kyoto, , Mid 19th century. In the guise of a waiter in the process of transformation, in his right hand he holds a tablet with the si