Five stag-horn netsuke and a carved lacquer netsuke


Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th/late 19th centuryComprising a hako netsuke carved with a landscape on the top surface and with the names of the 53 stations along the Tokaido road inscribed on the sides; a manju netsuke carved with a frog amongst a pile of seals; a ryusa netsuke pierce-carved with matsukawa-bishi (pine-bark lozenges); a netsuke carved as a snail crawling on a mushroom cap and hydrangea; a hasami netsuke carved as Ashinaga and Tenaga; a manju netsuke with a scholar and attendant fishing in black and red carved lacquer (6) 4 7/8in (12.4cm) high, the largest