netsukes

Japanese art, such as netsukes, paintings, and such like. "

John Thorndyke's Cases related by Christopher Jervis and edited by R. Austin Freeman 1902

Greek vase forms, lovely collections of Japanese ivories and netsukes.

The Financier 2004

He learned of handsome examples of porcelain, statuary, Greek vase forms, lovely collections of Japanese ivories and netsukes.

The Financier, a novel Theodore Dreiser 1908

Sometimes Mrs. Krauss would linger for fifteen minutes, sometimes for longer, talking over netsukes and Hong Kong with Ah Shee.

The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma 1884

"Oh, Aunt Flora comes to Ah Shee's shop hunting for ivories; she is collecting netsukes."

The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma 1884

An instant of clear vision had come; scales had fallen from her eyes; she recalled those strange excursions to Ah Shee's stifling den, the purchase of ivories so soon thrown aside; undoubtedly this collection of netsukes was a blind -- her aunt's real object was to procure _drugs_!

The Road to Mandalay A Tale of Burma 1884

When ceramic artist de Waal inherits a collection of netsukes, he becomes curious about his family and the provenance of the Japanese carvings they collected.

The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Sandra Martin 2012

The linchpin for his discussion is a collection of 246 netsukes, miniature ornamental carvings including one of a hare with amber eyes, which were originally collected by the first Charles Ephrussi, scion of a family that was a cultural force both in Vienna and in Paris.

NPR Topics: News 2011

He uses as the linchpin for his discussion a collection of 246 netsukes, miniature ornamental carvings including one of a hare with amber eyes, which were originally collected by the first Charles Ephrussi and handed down from generation to generation.

NPR Topics: News 2010

He uses as the linchpin for his discussion a collection of 246 netsukes, miniature ornamental carvings including one of a hare with amber eyes, which were originally collected by the first Charles Ephrussi and handed down from generation to generation.

NPR Topics: News 2010