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A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Toad Resting On A Sandal
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a toad resting on an upside-down sandal (waraji), with horned eyes
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Nio With A Giant Sandal
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting a Nio engaged in braiding the strings of a giant sandal. The Niō's
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
A Japanese boxwood netsuke depicting three toads on a sandal
Located in Milano, IT
Boxwood netsuke depicting three toads on a sandal, two of them engaged in a fight, assuming the
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Pair Of Quails Crouching On Millet
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a pair of quails crouching on millet, with horned eyes. The mother
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese Wooden Netsuke
Frog on the Zori sandal
1950s Showa era
Shoichi
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique wooden netsuke made in Japan around Showa period 1950s.
The signature is written
Category
Vintage 1950s Japanese Showa Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Box Wood Roar Frog Netsuke 19th-20th Century Japanese Japan Unsigned
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Unsigned, Japan, 19th or 20th century.
Condition
/ / overall condition 5.3 x 3.1cm
Period
Meiji Periode (1867-1912).
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Boxwood and Lacquer Netsuke of Hotei by Shunsho, Meiji period, circa 1900, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A charming and finely decorated carved and lacquered boxwood netsuke of Hotei by Shunsho (probably
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood, Lacquer
Japanese Carved Netsuke Box Wood Sennin Buddha Meiji Period 1868-1912 Pill Box
Located in Dublin, Ireland
This Exquisitely Carved Hardwood Netsuke of large size depicts a Traveling Japanese Sennin or
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Hardwood
A Finely Carved Boxwood Tea Leaf Scoop Netsuke, Japan Taisho Period (1912-1925)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
ceremony, was also fashioned to be used as a netsuke. Finely carved in the form of a furled leaf
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Antique Lacquer or Ceramic Netsuke Hotei with Fan 19th Century, Japanese, Japan
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece.
Hotei with fan.
Condition
Overall condition very nice. Measures: Ca 4.5cm high
Period
Meiji Periode (1867-1912).
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Ceramics
Materials
Porcelain
Netsuke in ebony in the form of two mice on a fine piece of wickerwork
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke, très probablement en bois d’ébène, représentant deux souris sur une vannerie, l’une s’en
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Ebony
Antique Edo Netsuke Japanese Ikkosai ‘Different World in a Cave’, 18/19th C
Located in Amsterdam, Noord Holland
Lovely and very detailed piece. Signed Ikkosai – Different world in a cave. It looks like a cave in a human brain. Very interesting
Provenance: Collected in the 1980’s. From the col...
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Models and Miniatures
Materials
Porcelain
A FINE WOODEN NETSUKE OF TANUKI HARA NO TSUZUMI. Signed MINKO. Edo period
Located in London, GB
Finely carved as tanuki no hara tsuzumi By Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), Tsu, late 18th century.
The tanuki seated, its right foreleg raised, its other foreleg beating its distended st...
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Netsuke in the form of a snake in boxwood with inlaid eyes and signature
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke of a snake tangled on itself, each scale is carved with precision, and the overall
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Netsuke in boxwood in the form of a group of toads stack on one another
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood representing a group of three toads, laying on a flat base, inlaid eyes made of
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Inro Dragon
Located in PARIS, FR
and netsuke, representing a
tiger with incrusted eyes, made of buffalo horn.
In Japan, the dragon
Category
Antique Early 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
$11,889
Antique Japanese Wooden Nestuke
Sumo Wrestler
1900s Meiji Era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around meiji period 1900s.
This netsuke was made by a
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
A Japanese maki-è lacquer inro
Located in Milano, IT
reserves depicting flowers and leaves.
Coral colored ojime and lacquer manju netsuke. Signed.
Origin
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Antique Japanese Wooden Nestuke
Three Turtles
1900s Meiji Era
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around meiji period 1900s.
Netsuke is a miniature
Category
Antique Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antiquities
Materials
Wood
A Japanese lacquer five-compartment inro
Located in Milano, IT
suggestive scenario of bamboo bundles holding branches with leaves is depicted.
The netsuke depicts a
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
A Japanese wooden inro depicting a carp
Located in Milano, IT
the mouth comes the cord that crosses the agate ojime and reaches the boxwood netsuke which depicts
Category
Antique Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antiquities
Materials
Wood
A Japanese Lacquer Inro Depicting A Daikokuten With His Hammer
Located in Milano, IT
netsuke depicting a seated sage with a fan, painted ceramic ojime.
Inro signed Kajikawa with the kao
Category
Antique Mid-18th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
A lacquer inro with applications of metal flowers
Located in Milano, IT
the maki-è relief technique in lacquer. The ojime is made of blond horn and the netsuke manju, carved
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Lacquer
Materials
Lacquer
Vintage Chinese Chippendale Mahogany Mirrored Etagere Shelf Curio Cabinet 33"
Located in Dayton, OH
, carved shell top glass door and multiple display shelves for Netsuke / trinkets / snuff bottles etc
Category
Late 20th Century Chinese Chippendale Shelves and Wall Cabinets
Materials
Mirror, Mahogany
A Hardwood Moon Shape Display Cabinet, 20th century
Located in ARMADALE, VIC
Melbourne Collection.
Note: The price is for cabinet only, exclude Netsukes in the cabinet.
Category
20th Century Chinese Qing Furniture
Materials
Hardwood
Japan 18th Century Edo Period Five Drawer Inro Lacquered Gilt Wood With Rooster
Located in Miami, FL
nashiji technique.
Netsuke: Manju gilded netsuke, (double lids), with a silvered standing crane in a
Category
Antique 18th Century Japanese Edo Antiquities
Materials
Silver
Early 20th Century Chinese Bone Toggle Charm
Located in Chicago, IL
-dynasty men much like Japanese netsuke. Because traditional Chinese clothing didn't have pockets, men and
Category
Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Collectible Jewelry
Materials
Bone
Superb Tokeo School Bronze of Farmer Holding a Wheat Sheaf
Located in Lymington, Hampshire
, including Ishikawa Komei (1852-1913), who is best known for his netsuke, and Asahi Gyokuzan (1843-1923
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Metalwork
Bronze sculpture of an incens burner representing a frog taking its bath
Located in PARIS, FR
luck and wealth. In feudal Japan, tax collectors could be recognized by the frog-shaped netsuke they
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
Japanese bronze sculpture of a frog hidding in a lotus leaf (Okimono)
Located in PARIS, FR
collectors could be recognized by the frog-shaped netsuke they wore on their belts. Kaeru means both "frog
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Metalwork
Materials
Bronze
JAPAN 1880 Meiji Signed Okimono Sculpture Of ONI Demon Holding Basket With Fish
Located in Miami, FL
a netsuke. Unlike the netsuke, which had a specific purpose, the okimono is exclusively decorative
Category
Antique 1880s Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Glass
New Contemporary Turkish Oushak Rug Repurposed from Antique Wool
Located in Dallas, TX
, Sturdy Brown, Heartthrob, Ravishing Coral, Thunderous, Netsuke, Roycroft Brass, Ruskin Room Green
Category
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Medieval Turkish Rugs
Materials
Wool
Japanese Antique Lantern "Treasure Fortune Ship" Takarabune, 19th Century
Located in South Burlington, VT
place in netsuke engravings or in other representations. These gods have been recognized for over a
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Iron
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
Japanese Antique Bronze Treasure Boat "Takarabune" Masterpiece Your Good Fortune
Located in South Burlington, VT
believed to grant good luck and often have their place in netsuke engravings or in other representations
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Furniture
Materials
Bronze
Japanese Huge Antique Bronze "Treasure Fortune" Ship Masterwork
Located in South Burlington, VT
good luck and often have their place in netsuke engravings or in other representations. These gods have
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bronze
Netsuke carving
Located in Austin, TX
Netsuke carving
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Korean Paintings and Screens
Materials
Glass, Giltwood, Paper
$4,800
Japanese Peanuts Netsuke
Located in PARIS, FR
Wood netsuke of three peanuts. A naturalistic grouping, dark stained. An ivory plug may bear a
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
$1,783
Japanese Wood Netsuke
Located in Atlanta, GA
A Japanese netsuke circa first half of 20th century. The whimsical piece was carved out a light
Category
Vintage 1930s Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Netsuke, 20th Century
Located in Belmont, MA
Japanese netsuke, 20th century, water buffalo, wood carved, signed.
Category
Mid-20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Japanese Wooden Squash Netsuke
Located in Chicago, IL
drawstring pouches secured with netsuke. Invented for practical purposes these netsuke figurines quickly
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Okame Woman Netsuke
Located in Chicago, IL
This netsuke (or button-like toggle) would once have hung from the drawstring of a small pouch or
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Steel
Collection of Three Japanese Netsukes
Located in San Diego, CA
Fun collection of three Japanese netsukes made of various woods, circa 20th century. There are two
Category
20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Signed Boxwood Mouse Netsuke
Located in Nottingham, GB
From a private collection.
Free international shipping.
Japanese Signed Boxwood Mouse Netsuke
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Signed Japanese Edo Netsuke Inro
Located in Nottingham, GB
In good condition
From a private collection
Free international shipping
Signed Japanese Edo Netsuke
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
Collection of Three Japanese Turtle Netsukes
Located in San Diego, CA
Fun collection of three Japanese turtle netsukes hand-carved from resin, circa 1960s. They are in
Category
20th Century Japanese Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Resin
Japanese Wooden Daruma Netsuke, c. 1900
Located in Chicago, IL
strung at the waist and secured by button-like fasteners known as netsuke. Although these tiny, fob-like
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Meiji Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
Japanese Meiji era chestnut netsuke
Located in PARIS, FR
Wooden netsuke featuring a group of three chestnuts. One of them reveals a tiny hole and the head
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Japonisme Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Art of Netsuke Carving First Edition
By Raymond Bushell
Located in valatie, NY
The Art of Netsuke Carving by Masatoshi as told to Raymond Bushell. NY, Weatherhill Inc., 1992
Category
1990s American Books
Materials
Paper
19th Century Japanese Double Gourd Netsuke
Located in Chicago, IL
small pouches secured by button-like fasteners known as netsuke. Although these tiny, fob-like objects
Category
Antique Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Brass
Antique Japanese Wooden Netsuke
Sumo
1920s
Located in Paris, FR
This is an antique netsuke made in Japan around Taisho period 1920s.
Netsuke is a miniature
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Animal Sculptures
Materials
Wood
Japanese Carved Boxwood Netsuke Inro Ojime
Located in Nottingham, GB
Japanese Carved boxwood Netsuke Inro Ojime
Good condition
From a private collection.
Free
Category
20th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Signed Japanese Meiji Netsuke Inro Fisherman
Located in Nottingham, GB
Netsuke Inro Fisherman
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
Signed Japanese Meiji Netsuke Inro Immortal
Located in Nottingham, GB
Netsuke Inro Immortal
Category
Antique 19th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Antler
Japanese Gourd-Form Walnut Netsuke Charm
Located in Chicago, IL
Japanese artisans have long held mastery in the creation of miniature treasures, or netsuke. This
Category
Early 20th Century Japanese Edo Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Bone, Walnut
Skull Netsuke, Boxwood, Japan, 19th Century
Located in Madrid, ES
Netsuke skull. Carved boxwood, Japan, 19th century.
Carved boxwood skull with inked characters
Category
Antique 19th Century Japanese Other Figurative Sculptures
Materials
Boxwood
18th Century Japanese Netsuke, Signed Gessen
Located in Chicago, IL
This miniature masterpiece is called a netsuke button-like toggles worn for centuries on Japanese
Category
Antique 18th Century Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Wood
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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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Netsukes can differ in price owing to various characteristics — the average selling price at 1stDibs is $910, while the lowest priced sells for $159 and the highest can go for as much as $24,619.
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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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