Two wooden netsuke

Description:

Japan, 19th cent.
H. 4,6/ 2,5 cm
1: Finely carved netsuke of a shoki lurking on a small table. 2: Netsuke of an oni protecting himself in a box from the falling beans.
From an old private collection Rhineland, collected before 1985, coll. no. 52 (Shoki) and no. 51 Oni - Minimal traces of wear