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Two ivory two-part manju netsuke One by Meikeisai Hojitsu and one by Ono Ryomin, Edo, late 19th century image 1
Two ivory two-part manju netsuke One by Meikeisai Hojitsu and one by Ono Ryomin, Edo, late 19th century image 2
Two ivory two-part manju netsuke One by Meikeisai Hojitsu and one by Ono Ryomin, Edo, late 19th century image 3
Two ivory two-part manju netsuke One by Meikeisai Hojitsu and one by Ono Ryomin, Edo, late 19th century image 4
Two ivory two-part manju netsuke One by Meikeisai Hojitsu and one by Ono Ryomin, Edo, late 19th century image 5
Two ivory two-part manju netsuke One by Meikeisai Hojitsu and one by Ono Ryomin, Edo, late 19th century image 6
Two ivory two-part manju netsuke One by Meikeisai Hojitsu and one by Ono Ryomin, Edo, late 19th century image 7
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The Property from an English private collection

(lots 1-22)
Lot 18Y

Two ivory two-part manju netsuke
One by Meikeisai Hojitsu and one by Ono Ryomin, Edo, late 19th century

7 November 2013, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,750 inc. premium

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Two ivory two-part manju netsuke

One by Meikeisai Hojitsu and one by Ono Ryomin, Edo, late 19th century
The first carved in shishiaibori with Fukurokuju fording a stream with a small boy on his back, the reverse engraved with a flying crane, signed Hojitsu with kao, 4.5cm (1¾in); the second carved in a similar manner with two diminutive men tying a line around the foot of Asahina Saburo, the reverse engraved with a ferry boat, signed Ono Ryomin with kao, 4.2cm (1 5/8in). (2).

Footnotes

Provenance: the first item from the Mark Fletcher collection; the second from the Michael Tomkinson collection, sold at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London, December 5th, 1921, lot 255, illustrated in the sale catalogue, plate 1.

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