A few examples of appraisal values for
IVORY NETSUKE MANY FACES

• OLD JAPANESE IVORY FACES
  OLD JAPANESE IVORY FACES NETSUKEJapanese netsuke with multiple faces carved on boths sides and edges. Rigged to be pendant (finding easily removed). Measures 2" high. PLEASE NOTE: This is antique pre-ban, African elephant ivory and can be shipped only where allowed by law. shipping info Please check the shipping details in our terms and conditions*
• Japanese carved ivory netsuke
  Japanese carved ivory netsuke with revolving face figure, approx 6cm H x 4cm L
• Four Carved Ivory Netsuke
  Four Carved Ivory Netsuke Beautifully carved and adorned with polychrome pigments each netsuke depicts a standing and smiling male figure holding various objects. Each is signed under the foot.
• Five Japanese carved ivory netsukes
  Five Japanese carved ivory netsukes 1) falcon perched on skull; 2) mouse on top of skull; 3) coiled snake; 4) dragon on pot; 5) deity figure; 1 - 2 in. H.
• NINE IVORY NETSUKES. Japan 1st
  NINE IVORY NETSUKES. Japan 1st half-20th century. Figures include Buddha scholars and three actors with revolving faces. One figure has purple and white coloring. Signed. Average 2''h.
• A Collection of Thirteen Japanese
  A Collection of Thirteen Japanese Ivory Carvings comprising eleven netsuke of various forms including one nodder and one with a revolving face together with two carved ivory figural groups one depicting a musician and the other a calligrapher. Width of widest 3 1/8 inches.
• (3) Japanese Ivory Carved
  (3) Japanese Ivory Carved NetsukesIncluding two 'turning/revolving face' men and one elder all with polychrome-painted highlights all signed on bottom 2'' H. Private collection Madison Heights MI.
• 11 PC. JAPANESE FIGURAL CARVED
  11 PC. JAPANESE FIGURAL CARVED IVORY NETSUKE COLLECTION: 11- Figural carved ivory netsukes, mostly signed. Included are 2 with multi faces. Largest Approx. 2.25'' h x 1.5'' l x 1.25'' w. CONDITION: Wear commensurate with age and use.
• Collection of Ten Japanese Meiji
  Collection of Ten Japanese Meiji Carved and Oxidized Ivory Netsukes, fourth quarter 19th/first quarter 20th century, comprised of a Noh actor with a revolving face bead, kneeling washer man (the tunic tinted red), man carrying a knapsack and a fan, young boy bearing a lotus blossom, an elderly man robed and bearing a bamboo staff, a recumbent hoofed chimera, a smiling robed man carrying a staff and a filled sack, a robed male bearing a peach and a staff, a monkey seated on a tortoise's shell, and an armadillo ridden by a rat, all but the young boy signed on the base in calligraphy, h. 2-1/4".
• A Collection of Netsuke, 20th
  A Collection of Netsuke, 20th Century Five hand carved ivory or bone netsuke with black pigment accenting some of the carved areas, depicting figures in various seated and standing postures. The smallest measures approx. 1-1/8"H and the tallest approx. 2-1/4"H.
• Six Japanese carved ivory and
  Six Japanese carved ivory and ink-highlighted netsukes all depicting villagers figures include: man holding baby man with large gourd man seated on stump two boys with demon masks man carrying woman and youth with goat 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 in. H. Estimate $ 300-500 Polychrome loss appropriate wear.
• 19TH C. JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE,
  19TH C. JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE, SIGNED Full Ovoid form with happy woman face on one side, angry man face on the other, small beautiful smiling face on the underside between the two, signed on top, very good condition.
• Group of Seven Japanese Figural
  Group of Seven Japanese Figural Netsukescarved ivory most signed some with colored highlights the most interesting being a double mask male/female visage netsuke.1 - 2 in.Estate of the late Norman Caine Raleigh NC
• Seven Japanese carved ivory
  Seven Japanese carved ivory netsukes including: girl with demon mask contortionist Taoist immortal man with basket boy with rat collection of faces and man with pinecone 1 1/2 to 2 in. H. Estimate $ 400-600 Appropriate wear.
• (4) Japanese Ivory NetsukeFinely
  (4) Japanese Ivory NetsukeFinely carved to depict four mytholgicla figures all signed however only two bear the same mark with inked and dyed elements tallest is 2'' H circa early 20th century. Private collection Oxford MI.
• Four Japanese carved ivory
  Four Japanese carved ivory netsukes. ?
• EIGHT IVORY NETSUKES. Japan 1st
  EIGHT IVORY NETSUKES. Japan 1st half-20th century. Figures include tradesmen and women a deity a tree trunk and two men with polychrome decoration one is wearing a turtle shell. Signed. Average 2''h.
• Three Ivory Netsukes 19th/20th
  Three Ivory Netsukes 19th/20th Century Includes a mask of an old man a mask of Hannya and two sumo wrestlers 2.8" (height) 7cm (height)
• Ivory Netsuke Japanese, 19th
  Ivory Netsuke Japanese, 19th century, carved as an oni, with bulging eyes and wide grinning mouth, curved back with signature for Gyokushi, in later 14 kt. gold setting, eyes set with 3 mm. chrysoberyl, setting stamped "585/14K", 2-1/4 in., 2-3/4 in. in setting,
• Four Netsukes Japanese, late
  Four Netsukes Japanese, late 19th/early to mid 20th century: marine ivory sennin, one eye closed while he uses a back scratcher, 1-3/4 in.; ivory Okame at Setsubun (bean-throwing festival), an oni cowering under the edge of her kimono, 2-1/4 in.; ivory coolies, copy of a netsuke of Senkyo (hole-in-the-chest men) by Joryu, 1-3/4 in.; ittobori wood netsuke of a tea picker, 1-1/4 in., wear and loss to paint, minor loss to head covering, all with signatures,
• A Japanese ivory netsuke, 19th
  A Japanese ivory netsuke, 19th century, in the form of a skull, 4cm long, another carved ivory skull and an ivory ball (3)/see illustration
• A Group of Five Japanese Ivory
  A Group of Five Japanese Ivory Netsuke including figures riding a mythical fish (marked); an old man doing a back-bend (marked); a seated man gesturing to his temples (marked); a rotund bearded figure with a staff (marked); and a standing figure of a child holding a bowl (marked).
• Japanese carved ivory netsuke
  Japanese carved ivory netsuke dual face man, revolving face, signed to base, approx 5.5cm H x 4cm L
• Lot of four carved ivory & one
  Lot of four carved ivory & one ivorine netsuke. Includes four carved ivory figural netsuke depicting two men and two women and one carved ivorine figure of a dog. The two women are multi colored in green red and black. Condition: All pieces signed except for the small man sitting. Condition: minor wear to coloring in places see images. The two woman netsuke measure 2'' tall x 1'' wide. Dog measures .75'' tall x 1.5'' long. Shipping weight .3 lbs.
• Four Japanese carved ivory netsukes
  Four Japanese carved ivory netsukes 20th century; including a seated merchant with abacus, a turn-face demon, a coiled dragon, and a rat with a gourd; together with two Chinese carved ivory "snuff bottles": one modeled as a peach, the other as an apple
• A Group of Eight Ivory Netsukes
  A Group of Eight Ivory Netsukes comprising figural examples with turning faces each with a hand-held implement. Height of tallest 2 inches.
• Selection of 15 Japanese carved
  Selection of 15 Japanese carved ivory and bone netsukes 20th century; figures include: demons common folk animals deities 3/4 to 2 1/2 in. H. Estimate $ 250-350 Various cracks wear.
• Seven Figural Ivory Netsuke
  Seven Figural Ivory Netsuke Japanese, 19th/20th c. Stained and partially painted figures bearing precious and/or wonderful objects. Descriptions provided in both printed and on-line catalogue formats do not include condition reports. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Interested bidders are strongly encouraged to request a condition report on any lots upon which they intend to bid, prior to placing a bid. All transactions are governed by Freeman''s Conditions of Sale.
• (3) Ivory carved netsukes, 4-1/4"H
  (3) Ivory carved netsukes, 4-1/4"H
• 2 JAPANESE IVORY CARVED NETSUKE,
  2 JAPANESE IVORY CARVED NETSUKE, ANIMALS
• (4) Japanese Ivory NetsukeEach
  (4) Japanese Ivory NetsukeEach finely carved to depict men in various acts of everyday life all polychrome painted with moveable heads and inscription on base height of tallest 2.25''H.important Traverse City Michigan Collection.
• Eighteen Japanese carved ivory
  Eighteen Japanese carved ivory and boxwood netsukes. ?
• Five Japanese Ivory Netsuke each
  Five Japanese Ivory Netsuke each depicting two animals with one sleeping atop the other or one seated beside the other. Width of first 1 1/4 inches.
• Four Japanese carved ivory netsukes
  Four Japanese carved ivory netsukes and three similar figures netsukes include: man on a horse man on water buffalo man riding ox and boys on an elephant figures include: horse man with large fish and man with family on horse 1 1/2 to 3 in. Estimate $ 300-500 Appropriate wear.
• JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE SCENE OF TWO
  JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE SCENE OF TWO MONKEYS19th C. netsuke of unusual form, created from a segment of ivory delicately incised with a scene depicting two monkeys contemplating dragonflies, one monkey on the top and the other on the angled end. Approx. 3-1/8"H. Please note: The netsuke is carved from antique, pre-ban African elephant ivory. The item can be shipped only where allowed by law. Some discoloration and cracks typical for age. See images for more details on condition. shipping info This item can be shipped in-house.
• FIVE IVORY CARVINGS. Japan 20th
  FIVE IVORY CARVINGS. Japan 20th century. Four netsuke of standing and seated men and one on a horse. Some polychrome incised decoration. Signed. 1.5'' to 2''h. And a small carving of monkeys on a boar running past farmers. Inset cinnabar colored cartouche. 2.25''h.