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AN IVORY NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ISSEN
Modelled as a group of the shinokosho "the four classes of society", the samurai, the farmer, the artisan and the merchant, details etched and stained, signed in the base, himotoshi formed by placement of figures--1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) high
EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED ISSEN
Modelled as a group of the shinokosho "the four classes of society", the samurai, the farmer, the artisan and the merchant, details etched and stained, signed in the base, himotoshi formed by placement of figures--1 1/8 in. (3 cm.) high