SpunkyMatney

Wow, some absolutely beautiful items! Like you said, the ones I have do not have the artistry that real netsuke have, mine look like any ol' carver could do, those on the site took some serious skill! Thanks again!

Thank you Piers! I appreciate the info. I will see if I can find a real one, I think I can identify ivory now, and I'm getting more confident in recognizing high quality Japanese carvings, after watch and reading about netsuke for the last week. Would you have any idea what the reddish dog with circular patterns on it is made of? I was thinking ivory at first, but the circular pattern and the reddish color don't seem to match elephant ivory, maybe a different type of ivory or maybe bone. Thanks again for taking time to reply!

Thank you for the replies! I suspected they were all fakes after doing some research, but wanted to get some opinions on here. I didn't pay much for them, they went for $110 at auction for all 11. The looked unique and I had never heard of netsuke, I'm glad I bought them though, I have learned a lot in the last week about netsuke, ivory and how the carve the netsuke, very interesting stuff. I'm going to see if I can sell all of these and find a real one, start my collection with a legit netsuke. Not sure if selling all of these will give me enough to get a real one. How much would a real netsuke cost, on the low end?

Thanks for the replies! Here are a few closer pictures. I will try to take some with the black back ground, I already had these taken from yesterday.

Hello, new to the forum, my name is Kenneth. I recently bought 11 "netsuke" from an auction in TN. and was wondering if they were real or modern fakes. After doing some research I'm pretty certain they are fakes, some may be ivory fakes, but not for sure. Any help would be greatly appreciated! I love them either way, but hoping, just maybe, that a couple are real (doubtful). They are all signed, minus the frog on the lily pad. Thank you in advance, I'm looking forward to learning more about this wonderful art! I have closer pictures of each one, let me know if I should post closer pics of any that may look real.