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Material: Boxwood
A Fine Shunga Mask Netsuke of Okame with Hidden Erotic Carving. Late Edo
Located in London, GB
A Fine Shunga Mask Netsuke of Okame with Hidden Erotic Carving
Japan, Edo to Meiji period (circa 1850–1900)
Material: Stained boxwood
A charming a...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
$928 Sale Price
20% Off
Japanese Boxwood Inro
Netsuke of Rats and Snakes in Basket
Located in San Diego, CA
A really nice vintage Japanese boxwood inro and netsuke of rats and snakes on a round basket, circa early 1940s. The piece is well carved with wonderful detail and in very good vint...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting a monkey with an Okame mask, signed Shinzan
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a seated monkey in the act of putting on an inverted Okame mask, which it holds up before its face, signed Shinzan.
Incised signature to the reverse.
Pe...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese Edo Period (1603-1868) Skeleton Foetus Netsuke
Located in Newark, England
Laying Foetus
From our Japanese collection, we are pleased to offer this Japanese Edo Period Skeleton Netsuke. The Skeleton Netsuke is carved from Boxwood depicting a skeleton in t...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Wood, Boxwood
Japanese Oversized Wise Buddha Hand Carved Boxwood Sculpture Early 20th Century
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1157 Oversized hand carved statue of Okimono of Jurojin (godof langevity)
a symbol of long life carved from a solid block of boxwood.
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Early 1900s Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
$1,200 Sale Price
57% Off
Chinese Carved Boxwood Figure of Guanyin, Mid-Qing Dynasty
Located in Austin, TX
A sublime Chinese carved boxwood figure of the Bodhisattva of Compassion, Avalokiteshvara, called Guanyin in Chinese, mid-Qing dynasty.
The an...
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Late 18th Century Chinese Qing Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke of Hotei and a karako in the sack
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting Hotei with a karako inside his large sack, closed at the top with a knot. The god is shown with a smiling face and rounded body, while the exterior of the...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Boxwood
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. The highly realistic rendering of the fur and the deep, worn patina emphasize the na...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Boxwood
Japanese Wooden Dagger, Late 19th C
Located in Stockholm, SE
A Japanese high quality wooden dagger. The carving is made of the highest quality as often Japanese items are. There is a signature and a poem engraved on side. Comes from an old Swedish collection...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Boxwood
Japanese Netsuke of a croaking Toad in boxwood
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke of a wooden toad with its throat swollen. Made entirely in boxwood, the skin is treated with detail, the naturalistic pause suggests that the toad is croaking, the smooth tex...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Netsuke in lacquered boxwood of a toad resting on a waterlily plant
Located in PARIS, FR
Fine netsuke in the form of a lotus flower, within whose foliage hides a small frog. The realistic treatment of the plant allows for unmistakable identification, whether by the flowe...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Boxwood
Netsuke in Boxwood in the form of a seated rooster
Located in PARIS, FR
Small yet interesting netsuke in boxwood representing a seated rooster. The finish of its dishevelled feathers is neat, while the details of comb and the beak are treated with great ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
An Amusing Japanese Netsuke in the Form of an Octopus, Taisho Period (1912-1925)
Located in Ottawa, Ontario
The hand carved
stained boxwood netsuke deftly rendered in the form of an octopus with somewhat anthropomorphic features, showing black stained eyes
furrowed brow effecti...
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Early 20th Century Japanese Taisho Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
$2,000 Sale Price
20% Off
Carved Boxwood and Lacquer Netsuke of a Noh Dancer, Meiji Period, Japan
Located in Austin, TX
A fine lacquer decorated carved boxwood netsuke of a Noh dancer in a Hannya role, unsigned, Meiji period, late 19th century, Japan.
The boxwood netsuke finely carved as a kneeling Noh dancer dressed in striking geometric patterned robes. The actor holds an opened war fan behind their back in one hand, a Shinto wand slung over the shoulder in the other.
The war fan, tessen, decorated in red lacquer with a golden rising sun at the center. Tessen were sturdy fans used by samurai as protective devices, and sometimes as weapons.
The wand, called an onusa, is a traditional Shinto ritual implement comprised of folded paper streamers, shide, attached to a wooden wand, often used in purification rituals. Here, the shide are crafted from silver maki-e, with the handle of the natural boxwood.
The actor wears a fierce and unearthly hannya mask...
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1890s Japanese Meiji Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Boxwood, Lacquer
A boxwood netsuke depicting an Oni and the Setsubun festival
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a kneeling Oni during the Setsubun festival, shielding himself with a straw hat to protect against the bean throwing.
The himotoshi is pierced through th...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese Professional sneezer Boxwood Netsuke
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke of a seated professional sneezer depicted as an old man with his right hand raised, holding an stick to tickle himself. His head is slightly raised, his eyes practica...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting a mandarin with an engraved dragon, signed Tomomitsu
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting a mandarin fruit with a ryu dragon finely carved upside down, featuring a blonde horn-inlaid eye.
Natural himotoshi formed from the mandarin's stem, en...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese boxwood netsuke in the form of three toads stacked on each other
Located in PARIS, FR
Netsuke in boxwood representing a group of three toads, laying on a flat base, inlaid eyes made of water buffalo horn. Signed underneath the platform. The frog (kaeru) is associated ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Raven boxwood okimono sculpture
Located in PARIS, FR
Okimono or boxwood sculpture integrating the natural shape and texture of a tormented section of a boxwood branch, used to reveal the form of a corvid. This type of scholar's object, which uses natural marvels as a medium for sculpture, is common in China, the birthplace of calligraphy. However, a similar aesthetic can be found in many Sinicized countries, whether it involves Japanese okimono made of wood or ivory, or Chinese dream stones...
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Early 18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Mid-20th Century Chinese Wood Carved God of Martial Wealth Status
Located in Pomona, CA
According to folklore, Zhao Gongming, also known as Zhao Xuantan, is the God of Wealth believed in by Taoism. It is said that he can control thunder and lightning, eliminate plague a...
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Mid-20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
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 open, as if it was barking, it also wears a knotted collar and holds a ball between it...
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Netsuke in boxwood in the form of three clams
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood nestuke in the form of three clams or bivalve shells, probably of the Ruditapes philippinarum sub species that can be found all the way from Siberia to Philippines, and Japan...
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18th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting Shōki with an Oni
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting Shōki with a small oni attempting to escape his sight. The oni clings to Shōki's hat in search of refuge, while Shōki strides forward holding his sword fi...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Netsuke in the form of a No mask representing the character of Obeshimi
Located in PARIS, FR
Wooden netsuke depicting the Obeshimi mask in Noh theater.
Obeshimi is a demon characterized by thick eyebrows, eyes that seem to protrude from the face and a closed mouth.
Signed ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese Folk Art Tree Root Hand Carved Dolphin Sculpture
Located in Douglas Manor, NY
1197 Japanese tree root hand carved dolphin sculpture.
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1950s Vintage Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Chinese Carved Boxwood Immortal Holding Child
Located in Bishop
s Stortford, Hertfordshire
A fine quality antique Chinese late Qing boxwood carved figure of an Immortal holding a child and dating from around 1900. The figure, an elderly man, is dressed in a full length rob...
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Early 1900s Chinese Qing Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Boxwood
Antique Carved Chinese Boxwood Plaque or Insert
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine antique Chinese carved boxwood plaque or insert.
Depicting a Chinese monastery scene.
The border is decorated with small repeating ...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Antique Chinese Hand Carved Boxwood Prosperity Crab Basket or Brush Pot
Located in San Francisco, CA
Antique Chinese hand carved boxwood prosperity crab basket or brush pot
Fine old brush pot that can also be used a vase
Dimensions 5.5" diameter a...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke of a sennin with a sake bottle
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke with a blonde patina, depicting a long-bearded sennin walking with a staff and a sake bottle.
The garments are finely carved with precise details, while the himoto...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Netsuke in the form of a No mask representing the character of Hyottoko
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke representing the mask of Hyottoko in Noh theatre.
Hyottoko is a legendary comic character, considered to be a fire god in certain regions of north-east Japan. The sha...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
A boxwood netsuke depicting the Chinese general Guan Yu
Located in Milano, IT
A boxwood netsuke depicting the Chinese general Guan Yu, shown standing and grasping his famous naginata, while his long beard falls down to his prominent belly.
Warm patina with ex...
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19th Century Japanese Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Boxwood netsuke representing a ducthman with child and a trumpet
Located in PARIS, FR
Wooden netsuke of a standing Dutchman figure with his mouth open, leaning forward. He is wearing a long curly wig, a ruff and a long coat tied at the waist. In his right hand, the ma...
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Late 18th Century Japanese Japonisme Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
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Boxwood
Lacquered Netsuke in the form of an old Lady carrying an Oni in her back
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke depicting a standing man carrying a pouch behind his back in which an oni is hidden.
Onis are an integral part of the pantheon of yokai, the spirits and monsters of J...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood, Lacquer
20th Century Chinese Wooden Carved Guan Yin Statuary
Located in Pomona, CA
This magnificent Chinese wood carved Quan Yin Statuary. It shows very detailed hand carving works on it. It is all hand made and hand carved Quan Yin standing on the dragon from boxw...
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20th Century Chinese Chinese Export Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
$1,225 Sale Price
30% Off
Japanese Netsuke in Boxwoord in the form of two chestnut
Located in PARIS, FR
Boxwood netsuke of two chestnuts, one smaller on top of the larger.
Chestnuts are a central part of Japanese culture and gastronomy. Castanea Crenata or Japanese chestnut is an indi...
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
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. Textures from the shell are executed with realism precision and a great care for details. Same goes for the scales of the skin of its legs. The central scale in the center of the shell is movable and enables the passing of a thread. In Japan, tortoise are symbol of luck and longevity, it is thought to be a creature of good omen supposed to bring 10 000 years of happiness. This animal is associated with numerous myths, the most popular dating back to the Nihon-Shoki, an antique tale of Japan and its dynasty. The legend of Urashima Taro...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
Japanese Okimono sculpture of a Chinese cabbage or Pe-Tsai realised in Boxwood
Located in PARIS, FR
Okimono of a Chinese cabbage made in boxwood. The texture and veins have been delicately detailed.
Native from China, it is an herbaceous plant of the ...
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Late 19th Century Japanese Meiji Antique Boxwood Sculptures and Carvings
Materials
Boxwood
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