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A MARINE IVORY NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED KAIGYOKUSAI
Carved in the form of a crouching rat balanced on its coiled tail and nibbling on a chestnut held in the two front paws, fur rendered with etched lines stained dark, eyes inlaid- 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) long
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED KAIGYOKUSAI
Carved in the form of a crouching rat balanced on its coiled tail and nibbling on a chestnut held in the two front paws, fur rendered with etched lines stained dark, eyes inlaid- 1 1/2 in. (3.8 cm.) long