A large ivory manju netsuke with tobacco pouch and pipecase
A large ivory manju netsuke with tobacco pouch and pipecase

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A large ivory manju netsuke with tobacco pouch and pipecase
carved with Ii no Hayata Tadazumi killing the Nue, attatched to the leather pipecase and pouch with silvered chain, the pouch with copper gilt clasp of a warrior holding an axe in one hand dressed in armour -- 3in. (7.6cm.) wide, incised signature 19th Century, (age cracks).
See Colour Plate 2.

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