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AN IVORY ANIMAL NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ISSHOSAI NAOMITSU
Carved in the form of a seated monkey, paws laid one atop the other and the head turned to the side, wearing a collar and rope, hair etched and stained, signed in an oval reserve on the underside, himotoshi formed by the space under the paws--1 5/8 in. (4.3 cm.) long
EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ISSHOSAI NAOMITSU
Carved in the form of a seated monkey, paws laid one atop the other and the head turned to the side, wearing a collar and rope, hair etched and stained, signed in an oval reserve on the underside, himotoshi formed by the space under the paws--1 5/8 in. (4.3 cm.) long