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Two ivory okimono
19th Century
The first of Ashinaga carrying Tenaga on his hip, as he reaches down with his right arm to catch an octopus with its tenticles around the ankles of Ashinaga (small restoration), 9 cm. high; the second of the same figures, Tenaga with his short legs around Ashinaga's shoulders and leaning backwards to hold Ashinaga's ankles, 8.4 cm. high (2)

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