λ THREE JAPANESE NETSUKE 19TH CENTURY Two in ivory

λ THREE JAPANESE NETSUKE

19TH CENTURY

Two in ivory, the first carved as a man holding a bowl and wearing a demon mask sideways, signed Seiga/Shizumasa, the other as Ebisu on a carp, signed Gyokuzan, the third in wood depicting an oni hiding under a large straw hat as beans are thrown at him on Setsubun, signed Tadakuni, 4.8cm. (3)

Cf. F Meinertzhagen, The Meinertzhagen Card Index on Netsuke in the Archives of the British Museum, Part B, p.838, where an oni netsuke by Tadakuni is illustrated, possibly this very piece.