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A WOOD NETSUKE

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A WOOD NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (MID 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED HOJITSU

Formed as a group of a young oxherd and ox, each separately carved of different woods and joined, signed on the base in an inlaid rectangular ivory reserve, himotoshi on base--1 1/4 in. (3.3 cm.) high