Japanese & Korean Art - 23 May 2018
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THREE JAPANESE STAG ANTLER NETSUKE
EDO/MEIJI PERIODS
One depicting a tall Gamma Sennin wearing mugwort leaves and holding a gnarly staff, his pet toad climbing upon his back, its eyes inlaid with horn, another depicting Shoki the Demon Queller grabing an oni, both unsigned, the third carved as a yawning Hotei seated against a large sack, signed to the back, 9.2cm max. (3)