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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHOGYOKU
Details
A Colored-Ivory Netsuke**
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Shogyoku
Modeled as an octopus and a crab on a nautilus shell, a smaller octopus peering out through a hole in the side with its tentacles emerging from another hole in the end of the shell, the details lightly incised and stained
2 3/8in. (6cm.) long
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Shogyoku
Modeled as an octopus and a crab on a nautilus shell, a smaller octopus peering out through a hole in the side with its tentacles emerging from another hole in the end of the shell, the details lightly incised and stained
2 3/8in. (6cm.) long
Special notice
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