Three ivory figure netsuke


Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th/early 19th centuryThe first a Dutchman, seated, looking ahead and holding a fan with one hand, wearing a broad-rimmed hat, unsigned, 5.2cm (2 1/8in) high; the second a fox priest, transforming into human form, its human hands resting on a bamboo cane, unsigned, 7cm (2¾in) high; the third a fox priest carved in a similar manner, holding a bamboo cane over its shoulder with both hands, unsigned, 6cm (2 3/8in) high. (3).