AN IVORY NETSUKE

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AN IVORY NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED KAGETOSHI

In the form of a large jewel opening to reveal the palace of Ryujin, the dragon king of the sea, the surface of the jewel carved in low relief with the cresting waves of the sea, signed in a rectangular reserve on the exterior, fitted with a coral bead ojime--1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) high