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AN IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE

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AN IVORY FIGURE NETSUKE
(EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SEALED YASUAKI

Rendered in the form of Hotei seated in cloak open at the front, the robe decorated with inlaid metal and colored ivory roundels and a rui sceptre tucked inside the mother of pearl belt, hair and facial details carefully etched and stained, sealed on a red square cartouche--1 3/4 in. (4.3 cm.) high