AN IVORY NETSUKE

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED IKKO

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AN IVORY NETSUKE
edo period (19th century), signed ikko
The netsuke depicting seven men trying to catch a catfish, two pulling its feelers, one restraining it with a fishing basket and the others trying to pacify it with gourds symbolic of useless endeavor, partly stained
3.3/8in. (7.8cm.) long