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Two ivory netsuke
19th century
The first depicting two snails emerging from its shells and turning back to look at each and other forming a compact composition, the fleshy parts of the mollusc forming the himotoshi; the second carved as a monkey struggling to free himself from a large eagle's claw, the scaly skin of the bird's foot and the monkey's fur naturalistically rendered with finely incised lines, the monkey's eyes inlaid in dark horn, inscribed Sozan
Sizes ranging from 4.5 cm. to 5.5 cm. long (2)
19th century
The first depicting two snails emerging from its shells and turning back to look at each and other forming a compact composition, the fleshy parts of the mollusc forming the himotoshi; the second carved as a monkey struggling to free himself from a large eagle's claw, the scaly skin of the bird's foot and the monkey's fur naturalistically rendered with finely incised lines, the monkey's eyes inlaid in dark horn, inscribed Sozan
Sizes ranging from 4.5 cm. to 5.5 cm. long (2)
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