Catalog: Antiques: Regional Art: Asian: Japanese (924)

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with carved and lacquered design on different reserves containing origami toys and flowers. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, very good lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, overall in excellent condition. Length 4.25 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with colored and gold lacquer decoration of chrysanthemum and peony flowers, and maple leaves blown by the wind. Beautifully made, wonderful lacquer work, excellent piece in Japanese taste, overall in great condition. Length 3.39 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with pierced and gold lacquer decoration of daises, mother of pearl inlays. Beautifully made, great lacquer work, wonderful piece in Japanese taste, overall in great condition. Length 3.63 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with black and gold lacquer decoration of a magpie on a gnarled prunus tree, and the back with pine saplings. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, excellent lacquer work, wonderful piece in Japanese taste, in great condition. Length 4 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with gold lacquer decoration of blooming peony flowers with stems and leaves, design continuing on the back. Beautifully made, very good lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, overall in great condition. Length 3.42 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with multicolored lacquer decoration of a flock of chidori (plovers) in flight over waves, design continuing on the back. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, very good lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, overall in great condition. Length 3.52 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with multicolored lacquer decoration of various toys, metal and mother of pearl inlays, design continuing on the back. Beautifully made out of dense wood, very good lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, overall in excellent condition. Length 4.5 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with lacquer decoration of chrysanthemum flowers with leaves and buds. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, excellent lacquer work, wonderful piece in Japanese taste, in great condition. Length 3.21 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with red and gold lacquer decoration of blooming flowers. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, very good lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, overall in excellent condition. Length 4.48 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with lacquer decoration of a river bank with growing bamboo and stones in a woven rattan container - such bundles were used for shoring riverbanks during floods. Beautifully made, excellent lacquer work, wonderful piece in Japanese taste, some insect damage as can be seen on photos. Signed in rectangular reserve with 2 characters possibly reading KOTO followed by red seal. Length 3.38 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with gold lacquer decoration of numerous meadow flowers and grasses. Beautifully made, wonderful lacquer work, wonderful piece in Japanese taste, overall in good condition. Length 4.0 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with gold lacquer decoration of plant motif, design continuing on the back. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, very good lacquering, wonderful work in Japanese taste, overall in good condition. Length 4.4 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese buffalo horn kushi (hair comb) with lacquer decoration of a small bird in flight by bamboo. Beautifully made, excellent lacquer work, wonderful piece in Japanese taste, some insect damage to the teeth as can be seen on photos. Length 3.32 inches.

Late Meiji period (1890s to 1912) Japanese wooden kushi (hair comb) with lacquer decoration of cranes in flight on the background of pine branches. Beautifully made out of dense wood allowing for fine teeth, excellent lacquer work, wonderful piece in Japanese taste, some losses as can be seen on photos. Length 4.06 inches.

Very unusual 19th century netsuke in a shape of an old cherry trunk with a newly blooming branch. Extraordinary elegant design in Japanese taste, mother of pearl inlaid flowers with use of lacquer at their bases, excellent patina. Length 3.9 inches (99 mm).

19th century kokutan (ebony) netsuke of a standing shishi (Buddhist lion), its mouth open in a snarl, the back arch and tail raised. Perfectly captured essence of the beast, fantastic depiction of its fur with different curls on different parts of its body, great patina with characteristic ebony sheen. Signed in 2 reserves on its behind - the most probable reading is SOSHIN. Extraordinary rendition of a beast. Length 1.28 inches.

19th century netsuke of a bronze fly on a boxwood pumpkin. Elegant clever design in Japanese taste, wonderfully rendered texture of the pumpkin skin, himotoshi (cord opening) is formed by the stem, great patina. Diameter 1.31 inches.

19th century kagamibuta (“mirror lid”) netsuke, its top with Shibayama inlay of a mosquito. Very rare creature in Japanese art, possibly unique unique subject in netsuke. Very well made, inlays include 2 types of mother of pearl and brown buffalo horn. Beautiful patina, swinging metal loop at the back for the cord. Diameter 1.6 inches.