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AN IVORY NETSUKE
edo period (early 19th century)
Modelled in the standing figure of Fernandez Mendes Pinto holding a large, tassled trumpet, the figure with curly hair and a long beard, wearing a buttoned coat with an inscribed pattern of clouds, details etched and stained dark, himotoshi on the back, unsigned--3 3/8in. (8.4cm.) high, age cracks
edo period (early 19th century)
Modelled in the standing figure of Fernandez Mendes Pinto holding a large, tassled trumpet, the figure with curly hair and a long beard, wearing a buttoned coat with an inscribed pattern of clouds, details etched and stained dark, himotoshi on the back, unsigned--3 3/8in. (8.4cm.) high, age cracks