Two ivory and one wooden netsuke
19th/20th century
Daruma reclining on his side, a boy standing next to him supporting him. Signed Tamitoshi. The fortune deity Jurojin, with slack cap, seated with a hiottoko-mask in front of him on which he makes the mocking bekkako-gesture. Seated fortune deity Hotei with his cloth nad in his left hand a uchiwa.
H. 2.8 / 4 / 3.5 cm
Provenance:
– Auction Christie's Amsterdam, 20 November 2001, lot 47 (first)
– Auction AAG, Amsterdam, 3 October 2000, lot 70 (second) and lot 68 (third)
– Private collection, The Netherlands
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