Skip to main content
TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF ONI Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century (2) image 1
TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF ONI Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century (2) image 2
TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF ONI Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century (2) image 3
TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF ONI Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century (2) image 4
Lot 12

TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF ONI
Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century

Ending from 29 April 2025, 13:00 EDT
Online, Skinner Marlborough, Massachusetts

US$600 - US$800

Ask about this lot

TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF ONI

Japan, Meiji era, late 19th century
The first of two oni (demons) cowering under a large hat; the second of an oni hiding in a masu (box for measuring rice), signed Masamitsu and with a kaō.

3/4in (2cm); 1 1/2in (3.8cm) high
(2).

Footnotes

Provenance:
A family heirloom collection mostly formed in Japan during the late 1960s and in the USA during the 1970s, thence by descent to the present owner.

Additional information

More lots from this auction

Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...
Loading...