Three wooden netsuke

Description:

Japan, early 19th and 19th century, drummer signed Hidekazu
H. 4,9; 8 und 3,3 cm
1: Gong mallet made of medium brown wood; 2: Sarumawashi made of boxwood with a beautiful patina: 3: Drummer made of black-brown wood, signed Hidekazu.
From an old private collection Rhineland, collected before 1985, coll. no. 56 (Gong mallet with annotation 9/(19)72 Freitag FfM); no. 58 (Sarumawashi with annotation 9/(19)72 Gross Wiesbaden, both legs with glued break; no. 65 (Hidekazu-Drummer)