A SILVER NETSUKE

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A SILVER NETSUKE
Formed as a magic mallet, with a half hollowed tomoe pattern (minor dents), inscribed gin sei (made in silver) and the character Koshi in a circle, Meiji Period
6cm. long

Lot Essay

The mallet is an attribute of Daikoku, the God of Wealth, one of the Seven Gods of Good Fortune

A similar netsuke was sold at Christie's London on 18 October 1988, The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke, Part II, lot 58

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