![](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/writing/the-hare-with-amber-eyes/gallery/_gridThumbnail/3_Book-gallery.jpg)
Ape clutching a gourd. Wood with inlaid mother–of–pearl eyes. Signed Homin. Tokyo, c. 1860. Length 4cm.
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Uncle Iggie holding the netsuke in his apartment, Tokyo, 1960.
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Piebald rat gnawing on its tail. Ivory, eyes originally inlaid in dark buffalo horn. Signed Ikko, c.1880. Height 2.8cm
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Rat clutching its tail with forepaws. Ivory with eyes in dark buffalo horn. Signed Mitsutada. Kyoto, c.1800. Length 3.7cm.
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Postcard of Kovesces from Gisela to her father Viktor, 1912.
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Rat gnawing on a root vegetable. Ivory with eyes inlaid in dark buffalo horn. Signed 'Ko'. Kyoto, c.1820. Length 3.7cm.
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Rat on an edamame. Ivory with eyes inlaid in red buffalo horn. Unsigned, c.1820. Length 6.8cm.
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Rat on a hank of rope. Ivory with eyes inlaid in dark buffalo horn. Unsigned, c.1820. Length 6cm.
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Elisabeth aged three on the Orient Express, 1902.
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Pigeon on a pine branch. Ivory. Unsigned, but inspired by Mitsuhiro. Osaka, c.1860. Height 3.1cm.
![](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/writing/the-hare-with-amber-eyes/gallery/_gridThumbnail/12_Charles_Bed_Book-gallery-portrait.jpg)
Bed belonging to Charles Ephrussi, from 'Musee Graphique pour l'etude d'art', Edouard Lievre, 1888.
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Seven gingko nuts. Ivory. Signed Mitsuharu, but probably the work of Kiyokatsu. Kyoto, c.1850. Length 4.4cm.
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Louise Cahen D'Anvers, Carolus-Duran, 1870s.
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A peach. Ivory. Signed Ranichi. Kyoto, c.1850. Height 4.2cm.
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The disappointed rat catcher. Ivory. Signed Ono Ryomin, c.1880. Length 3.3cm.
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An ama suckling an octopus. Walrus ivory. Unsigned, c.1880. Height 4.7cm.
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Front cover of 'Albert Durer et ses dessins', Charles Ephrussi. Quantin, Paris, 1882.
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Fisherman casting a net from the shore. Wood. Unsigned, c.1820. Width 4.4cm.
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Boy seated in a shishimai mask. Wood. Signed Miwa, but probably the work of Shumin, c.1880. Width 4.5cm.
![](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/writing/the-hare-with-amber-eyes/gallery/_gridThumbnail/99_odessa_postcard_Book-gallery.jpg)
Postcard of the promenade, Odessa, 1880.
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Iggie and Jiro on a boat in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan, 1954.
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Sotoba Komachi. Ivory. Unsigned, c.1800. Height 6.8cm.
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Iggie during the Normandy campaign, 1944.
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A scholar reading a scroll on a horse. Ivory. Signed Ryukosai, c.1850. Length 2.9cm.
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Drunkard holding a gourd behind him. Ivory. Unsigned, c.1950. Height 5.5cm.
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Viktor in St David's, Tunbridge Wells, 1938.
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Viktor and Emmy at Kovesces, 18th August 1938.
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Woman bathing in a tub. Ivory. Signed Chokusai, c.1920. Height 3.9cm.
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Henk, Paris, 1926.
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A cooper making a tub. Ivory. Signed Gyokusai, c.1920. Height 2.6cm.
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Plane flying over the Ringstrasse, looking towards the Palais Ephrussi.
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Boy holding up a Hyottoko mask. Ivory with one inlay of dark horn. Signed Tomomasa. Tokyo, c.1880. Height 3.9cm.
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Man administering moxa to his leg. Ivory with inlay of dark horn. Signed Gyokusen. Tokyo, c.1880. Height 3.2cm.
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Elisabeth, Paris, 1926.
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Gisela and Elisabeth at Kovesces, 1903.
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Bathing hut at Kovesces, early 1913.
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Recumbent goat on a base. Ivory. Signed Kogyoku. Tokyo, c.1880. Length 3.6cm.
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Emmy as Titian's Isabelle d'Este, 1904.
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Rat on a desiccated salmon. Ivory with eyes inlaid in dark buffalo horn. Unsigned, c.1850. Length 11.5cm.
![](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/writing/the-hare-with-amber-eyes/gallery/_gridThumbnail/43_olbrich_pips_Book-gallery-portrait.jpg)
Pips playing the piano, taken from Secessionist album, 1903.
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Ignace's three children, Anna, Stefan and Viktor, 1870.
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Hare with raised forepaw. Ivory with eyes inlaid in amber buffalo horn. Signed Masatoshi. Osaka, c.1880. Length 3.7cm.
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The Palais Ephrussi looking along the Schottengasse towards the Votivkirche, Vienna, 1881.
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Portrait of Charles Ephrussi, Leon Bonnat, 1906.
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Charles Ephrussi, Patricot, published with obituary in the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, 1905.
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Galloping horse. Walrus ivory. Signed Shumin, 20th century. Length 4cm.
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A faggot of pinewood logs tied with rope. Wood. Signed Soko. Tokyo, c.1920. Length 5.5cm.
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Le Dejeuner des Canotiers, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1881.
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Okina mask. Wood. Signed Shuzan, c.1890. Height 4.3cm.
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Group of nine theatrical masks. Wood, with two ivory inlays. Unsigned, c.1890. Length 4.7cm.
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The lunar hare leaning against a mocha-cake moon. Ivory. Signed Masahiro. Osaka, c.1870. Length 4.5cm.
![](https://www.edmunddewaal.com/files/writing/the-hare-with-amber-eyes/gallery/_gridThumbnail/24_Botte_dasperges_manet_Book-gallery.jpg)
L'Asperge, Edouard Manet, 1880.