Lot 939 D‡α

Three ivory manju netsuke. 19th century

a) Of two parts, carved with a dancer wearing an Usobuki mask and carrying a shishi mask on its back, a fan and a gohei, and a rattle on the reverse, signed Horaku with kao; b) carved with rakanholding up his almsbowl, and c) of two parts, carved with a hunter under a trap, signed Kounsai. (3)
Diameter a) 4.2 cm; b) 5.2 cm; c) 4.3 cm