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But most of all, at this time and later, he was interested in collecting things Japanese and Chinese: netsukes, inros, censors, images of jade and porcelain, teajars, vases, prints; and it was while he was in Philadelphia and seemingly trifling about with the group I have mentioned and making love to his little German girl that he was running here and there to this museum and that and laying the foundations of some of those interesting collections which later he was fond of showing his friends or interested collectors.
Netsukés were nearly always representations of the human figure, and various reasons have been advanced to account for this fact. I need not consider those reasons in these pages, as they, as well as the arguments by which they are attempted to be supported, are almost entirely speculative.
"We thought it possible," said he, "that it might consist of works of Japanese art, such as netsukes, paintings, and such like." Mr. Löwe uttered an exclamation of delighted astonishment, and the facetiousness faded rather suddenly from the inspector's countenance. "I don't know how you can have found out," said he.
"Oh, Aunt Flora comes to Ah Shee's shop hunting for ivories; she is collecting netsukes." "Netsukes!" he repeated; "netsukes here!" "Oh yes, and such good ones the best in Burma; but it's a horrible place, and as to the odours!" and she made a gesture expressive of disgust.
I am afraid that in the collecting of netsukés many European lovers of Japanese art have burnt their fingers. The genuine old artistic productions are now extremely rare, but a brisk trade has sprung up in reproductions which are skilfully coloured to give them the appearance of age.
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