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Boxwood nestuke in the form of a curled up mouse forming almost a pearl
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood depicting a mouse curled up on itself, holding its tail between its tiny paws
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Nestuke in the form of a calabash gourd realised from an unmature cucurbitacea
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke made from a natural lacquered calabash.
Curved around itself, it has a main bulb at the
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Fruitwood
Chinese Bone Fisherman Basket Toggle, c. 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
toggles used by Qing-dynasty men much like Japanese netsuke. Because traditional Chinese clothing didn't
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Chinese Qing Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone
Japanese Tobacco smoking set made from cherry bark marquetry (Kabazaiku)
Located in PARIS, FR
that were part of a greater set called sagemono. To be kept firmly in place a netsuke was notch into
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Scholar s Objects
Materials
Fruitwood
Fine Japanese Inro with Maki-e and Inlay by Shokasai and Shibayama
By Shibayama Factory
Located in Atlanta, GA
ivory netsuke circa 19th century of Edo period. This fine piece was made in collaboration between
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
19 c Pair Chinese Hand Painted Black Gold and Silver Lacquered Fold Up Wall Shel
Located in North Miami, FL
leave images of the story of a Chinese warrior battle. Mini sterling sculptures and Netsukes are not
Category
Antique 19th Century Chinese Qing Animal Sculptures
Materials
Gold Leaf, Silver Leaf
Traditional Japanese Inro box with five compartments
Located in Autonomous City Buenos Aires, CABA
compartments. Classic design with dark lacquer and gold details. Includes netsuke and woven cord. Both sides
Category
20th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Japanese lacquered Inro chrysantemum
Located in PARIS, FR
netsuke representing two chrysanthemum flower buds.
Japon – ère Edo (1603-1868)
Inrô : height: 7 cm
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
JAPAN 1900 Meiji Signed Okimono Sculpture of Fukurokuju In Polychrome
Gilt
Located in Miami, FL
okimono may be a small Japanese carving, similar to but larger than a netsuke. Unlike the netsuke, which
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gold
$1,118 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Puppy Nestuke in boxwood
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood representing a puppy with incrusted eyes made of buffalo horns. Its mouth is
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Inro in black and gold lacquer with a proeminent chrysantemum flower motive
Located in PARIS, FR
drum made out of black lacquer and ivory with a mother-of-pearl inlay. The Manjû netsuke is in black
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Japanese boxwood nestuke in the form of a turtle hiding in its shell
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood in the form of a tortoise hiding in its shell with only its head overstepping
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
KAZUYOSHI Japan Meiji 1890 Box In Lacquered And Gilt Wood Draped Seated Women
Located in Miami, FL
Japan on her own to assemble netsuke and related works of art, including pipe cases and kogo (incense
Category
Antique 1890s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Gold Leaf
$3,988 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese inro box in black and gold lacquer with a decor of snowy landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
(sagemono) hung on the belt (obi). To prevent them from slipping, a netsuke, a small wooden or ivory
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Chinese Mother-of-Pearl Rabbit Toggle Charm
Located in Chicago, IL
belongings were carried around in a pouch secured to their belt. Similar to Japanese netsuke, small charms
Category
20th Century Chinese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Mother-of-Pearl
Japanese Smoking Set
Tabac-Ire
Located in PARIS, FR
(tonkotsu) for women linked to a netsuke.
Intended for a female use, the pipe is particularly thin. The
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Metal
Japanese inro of the edo period adorned with a landscape houses near a lake
Located in PARIS, FR
boxes (sagemono) hung on the belt (obi). To prevent them from slipping, a netsuke, a small wooden or
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Japanese Sagemono Inro box with a maki-e decor of a Samuari in a lake landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
slipping, a netsuke, a small wooden or ivory figurine, was used to hold the cord of inrō or other types of
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Gold
Inro in gold kinji lacquer representing chrysantemum flowers on all sides
Located in PARIS, FR
netsuke representing two chrysanthemum flower buds.
The chrysanthemum (kiku) in not only the heraldic
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Asian Edo Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Japan 1870 Meiji Period Round Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Wood With Flying Cranes
Located in Miami, FL
, takamaki-e, Gilding.
Ojime: 17mm, round with Ebony wood.
Netsuke: Carved dressed standing monk with a hat
Category
Antique 1870s Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Ebony, Giltwood, Lacquer
$2,388 Sale Price
20% Off
Esther Shimazu Signed Japanese Hawaiian American Female Sculpture
By Esther Shimazu
Located in Houston, TX
technical perfection are like the miniature Japanese netsuke figurines in their delicacy, precision and
Category
20th Century Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Esther Shimazu Signed Japanese Hawaiian American Male Sculpture
By Esther Shimazu
Located in Houston, TX
and technical perfection are like the miniature Japanese netsuke figurines in their delicacy
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Ceramic, Stoneware
Antique Japanese Inro by Shigehide Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
a small carved rabbit ojime bead and a carved wood netsuke in shape of a tree trunk accompanying the
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Japan 1800 Edo Period Six Drawer Inro In Lacquered Gilt Wood With Utensils
Located in Miami, FL
bead. Carved from natural reddish coral.
Netsuke: None
Weight: 47.70 Grams.
Measurements: Inro is
Category
Antique Early 1800s Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Coral
$2,600 Sale Price
20% Off
Japan 1810 Kajikawa Edo Period Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Gilt Wood With Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
20mm, oval carved from natural translucent agate.
Netsuke: None
Weight: 47.70 Grams.
Measurements
Category
Antique 1810s Japanese Edo Lacquer
Materials
Agate, Gold
$3,560 Sale Price
20% Off
Italian Handmade Walnut wall cabinet from the 1960s.
Located in Oirlo, LI
cabinet to place beautiful things in.
Beautiful for netsukes, Japanese decorative buttons or perfume
Category
Vintage 1960s Italian Mid-Century Modern Cabinets
Materials
Walnut
$1,426 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Spotted Bamboo Tobacco Inro, circa 1850
Located in Chicago, IL
carved netsuke beads, inro were worn as fashionable accessories and often crafted of fine materials
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Tobacco Accessories
Materials
Bone, Bamboo, Hardwood
Three Antique Japanese Items
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
function netsuke engraved with gingko leaves and heart shaped ventilation for managing a hot coal when
Category
Antique 1880s Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Gold Lacquer Inro Decorated with a Lake Landscape
Located in PARIS, FR
boxes (sagemono) hung on the belt (obi). To prevent them from slipping, a netsuke, a small wooden or
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Japanese Carved Cinnabar Lacquer Inro, Meiji Period, late 19th c, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
seals, medicine, and other small items. They were hung from the obi, and secured with netsuke and ojime
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Lacquer
Materials
Silver, Copper
Japanese Meiji Period Bronze Monkey Group Sculpture Okimono Shosai
Located in Newark, England
Okimono to netsuke. Many of these art forms reside in the world’s most famous museums and collections
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Lacquer Tray with Maki-e and Inlay Hara Yoyusai Edo Period
Located in Atlanta, GA
,, netsukes and smaller objects of art, larger pieces like this tray are rare. He worked with painter Sakai
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Lacquer
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Monochromatic Mission Style and Neutral Colors
Located in Dallas, TX
Shingle, Sturdy Brown, Eminent Bronze, Netsuke, Toasty, Coriander Powder, Coconut Husk, and Colonial
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Japanese Bronze Hatate 19th C Meiji Inkpot Japan Unsigned
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
, what images would come to your mind? Kimono? Swords? Armor? Possibly netsuke? A few might even know
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
$570 Sale Price
20% Off
Vintage Turkish Oushak Rug with Warm Luxury Russian Home Style
Located in Dallas, TX
, Weathered Shingle, Believable Buff, Lemongrass, Sawgrass Basket, Burlap, Netsuke, Saddle Up, Uber Umber
Category
Mid-20th Century Turkish Oushak Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Umbrella Netsuke
Located in Stockbridge, MA
Mid-century lacquered netsuke with umbrella decoration. Original box with artists signature
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Taisho Lacquer
Materials
Softwood
$1,600
Grazing Horse Netsuke
Located in New York, NY
Graceful carving of a grazing horse with fine patina.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures
$2,600
Large Wood Netsuke of a Shishi
Located in Milano, IT
Large wood netsuke of a shishi
Kyoto school, 18th/19th century
Height: 5.7cm
The large
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Finely Carved Antique IVORY Japanese Netsuke
Located in Brunswick, ME
The comical demon mask of Buaku which also appears in Noh theatre and is represented as the character O-Beshimi.
Obeshimis are Gods; representing a tengu who protects others from ...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Other
Edo Period Japanese Hardwood Karako Netsuke, 1820s
Located in Niella Tanaro, IT
An Edo period wood netsuke in the form of Karako the small Chinese boy near the big sac of
Category
Antique 1820s Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
Antique Turn of Century Ivory Sex Netsuke (Bonerific)
Located in Brunswick, ME
Antique
Bradley and Hubbard
Very fine details
Lovely patina
Brass/Heavy
New Green Felt
Bradley and Hubbard, “Masters of Metalwork”- started out producing clocks, during the ...
Category
Early 20th Century Paperweights
Materials
Brass
19th Century Black and Gold Lacquered Inro Toad Netsuke
Located in Paris, FR
.
The inside is decorated of nashiji.
The inro carries a netsuke: Japanese clothing object which is
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Wood, Boxwood
19th Century Japanese Gold Lacquer Inro with Netsuke (Decorative Pills Box)
Located in Paris, FR
cases.
The ojime is in hard stone.
The netsuke, in carved polychrome wood, represents a Dutch holding
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer, Wood
Yatate Japonais En Bois Scuplté Nissho Antique Wood Carved Netsuke Meiji Era
Located in PONT-AUDEMER, FR
Description :
Amusant range pinceau « Yatate » en bois sculpté « Nissho
Dimensions :
Longueur : 27 cms
Largeur : 5 cms
Profondeur : 5 cms
Etat :
Bel Etat d’usage. Bien ...
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Wood
Tomizo Saratani
1949
, Natural Stone with Squid and Shrimps
Located in Milano, IT
collections for eight years. He then worked as lacquer restorer and netsuke artist in London, Chicago and his
Category
2010s Japanese Lacquer
Materials
Stone
Turtle Netsuke
Located in Stamford, CT
Two ivory turtle netsuke, one with two smaller turtles on top of a larger one, the other depicting
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Sculptures
$1,800
Wood Carved Netsuke
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese wood-carved netsuke of a frog sitting on a poppy seed capsule, 19th century, signed.
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$1,605
Japanese Boxwood Swan Netsuke
Located in Nottingham, GB
From a private collection.
Free international shipping.
Japanese Boxwood Swan Netsuke
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Signed Japanese Meiji Netsuke
Located in Nottingham, GB
Netsuke
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Pewter
Japanese Carved Falk Netsuke
Located in Kastrup, DK
Japanese carved bone netsuke of a falcon on a tree stump.
Signed. See photo.
Meiji period, 1852
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Bone
Seven Japanese Netsuke Masks
Located in Chicago, IL
Collection of 18th and 19th Century Japanese Netsuke masks carved of various precious woods
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Sculptures
Signed Japanese Meiji Netsuke Inro
Located in Nottingham, GB
Netsuke Inro
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
Japanese Meiji Netsuke Inro Oni
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Japanese Meiji Netsuke Inro
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
Japanese Meiji Netsuke Inro Fisherman
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Japanese Meiji Netsuke Inro
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke
Hotei
, 1920s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s.
This netsuke was made by a
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Signed Japanese Carved Edo Netsuke Inro
Located in Nottingham, GB
Netsuke Inro
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
Japanese Netsuke Inro of Recumbent Dog
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Japanese Netsuke Inro of
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Composition
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Find a variety of netsukes available on 1stDibs. The range of distinct netsukes — often made from wood, bone and hardwood — can elevate any home. There are all kinds of netsukes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 20th Century. Netsukes have been a part of the life’s work for many furniture makers, but those produced by Japanese School and Raymond Bushell are consistently popular.
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- What are Japanese netsukes?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Japanese netsukes are small highly-detailed sculptures that date back to 17th-century Japan. Originally, the figurines allowed men to secure pouches or purses to their sash, as Japanese traditional dress didn’t have pockets. Today, people collect them as art. On 1stDibs, shop a range of Japanese netsukes.
Lotus GalleryMarch 17, 2021A netsuke is a small object, commonly made of carved ivory or wood, but also sometimes various other materials, including ceramic, bone, horn, coral, or even metals. Netsuke served both a decorative and functional purpose. Netsuke always have two holes, and were used as a cord fastener attached to an inro. An okimono is simply a decorative sculpture or object, meant for display and to be admired. Okimono can be made of almost any material, and are usually much larger than netsuke.
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