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A stag antler pipe holder
carved as a serpent coiled around a tree trunk; and a bamboo pipe with brass mounts -- 8in. (20.4cm) long; a hippo tusk netsuke carved with a standing sennin carrying a child on his shoulders -- 5¾in. (14.7cm) wide, (both with fine age cracks); a silver mounted kozuka decorated in relief with a dragon among clouds -- 8½in. (21.6cm) long, inset gilt metal signature; and a wood mounted knife and cover -- 6½in. (16.5cm) long.
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carved as a serpent coiled around a tree trunk; and a bamboo pipe with brass mounts -- 8in. (20.4cm) long; a hippo tusk netsuke carved with a standing sennin carrying a child on his shoulders -- 5¾in. (14.7cm) wide, (both with fine age cracks); a silver mounted kozuka decorated in relief with a dragon among clouds -- 8½in. (21.6cm) long, inset gilt metal signature; and a wood mounted knife and cover -- 6½in. (16.5cm) long.
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