Strauss & co - 14 March 2016, Cape Town

* 195 Two Japanese ivory netsuke, 19th century the first carved as a seated tiger with head turned to the left, incised with stripes, his tail curled under his chin, signed, 3,8cm; and another, carved with a pair of entwined tigers, their incised fur heightened with black staining, each with mother-of-pearl eyes, to an oval base, one mother-of-pearl eye missing, signed, 4cm (2) R12 000–15 000 * 196 Two Japanese ivory netsuke, 19th century the first of a cockerel, hen and chicks, carved with a chick nestling below the cockerel’s wing, a chick resting on the hen’s back, with four further chicks, the reverse carved with the mask of an oni (demon), with inlaid horn eyes, minor loss to the hen, some eyes lacking, signed, 4cm; the second of five rats devouring the contents of a shell, with inlaid horn eyes, one rat with eyes lacking, age-related cracks, signed, 4cm (2) R15 000–20 000 * 197 Two Japanese ivory netsuke, 19th century the first carved with a tanuki disguised as a priest holding a rosary and beating a mokugyo, 2,5cm high; the second carved with a shrieking figure holding the tail of a mongoose, the figure’s left foot missing, the animal’s right leg missing, 4cm high (2) R7 000–8 000 * Please note that lots 195-198 and 200 are not suitable for export. 195 196 197 195 detail 76