Featured Little man netsuke - material?

This piece is 2" tall.

This one is likely decorative also but I am wondering about the material it is made from.

Also, what is with the face on his back?



Thanks for any & all advice or opinions!!

 

Perhaps he is carrying a mask, slung over his back?

 

I'll say resin....from the 2 pin holes on the feet....

 

Well, if’n he IS old AND ivory, I’d say he spent a LOT of time in an opium den!!!!!…..just MHO!!!! Kind cute in a strange way though!!!

 

Makes sense to me - small steel wire to hold the "sand" core up in the mold to make it hollow? Larger holes are to empty the core contents when de molded? Just a pattern maker rambling on how hollow items are cast - not injected moulded.

 

@Rayo56 - @Aquitaine - @komokwa - @all_fakes

Never thought about it being resin but I am glad I have people who are much smarter than I am to help me out.

Thanks to everyone!!

 

Not positive from the angle of the photo, but the himotoshi's on the older netsuke are usually different in size. Something I learned when researching a few I own. Yours appear to be the same size, indicating a newer piece. Usually

https://ojime.wordpress.com/netsuke/what-are-netsukes/what-is-a-himotoshi/

 

@mmarco102 - @moreotherstuff had pointed that out to me on the other netsuke I posted so I was pretty sure this one was decorative also.

Both of these pieces were part of a box lot I got super cheap so they were both good learning pieces.

 

My apologise for the redundancy. No need to explain the little
character, he's charming and I'm always happy to learn along with you.

 

No need for an apology. I actually mean it when I say that I appreciate "any & all advice or opinions"!!

I am likely going to combine the 2 netsukes & hopefully sell them to a local buyer/dealer here in Columbia that has already offered to buy the Guanyin reclining figure I showed a few weeks back.

 

Actually that's: I'm always Happy to learn "WITCHA"