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AN IVORY NETSUKE
(19th century), inscribed minko and with kao
Carved as a pile of fish and an octopus, each of the fish a different type with the scales rendered by tiny etched lines and whorls stained black, eyes inlaid, signed on flat base in a rectangular reserve below himotoshi--2in. (5.2cm.) long, 1 1/8in. (2.7cm.) high
(19th century), inscribed minko and with kao
Carved as a pile of fish and an octopus, each of the fish a different type with the scales rendered by tiny etched lines and whorls stained black, eyes inlaid, signed on flat base in a rectangular reserve below himotoshi--2in. (5.2cm.) long, 1 1/8in. (2.7cm.) high