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PROPERTY FROM THE COLLECTION OF WALTER A. COMPTON
AN IVORY TEA SCOOP
(20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHICHIKEN
Carved in the form of a halved section of bamboo on which are crawling three insects, the lady bug colored red and the other large bugs black, carved on the outside of the stalk with a small branch of bamboo, the leaves of which creased or partially nibbled at the tips, in fitted brocade box- 5 7/8 in. (14.7 cm.) long
AN IVORY TEA SCOOP
(20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SHICHIKEN
Carved in the form of a halved section of bamboo on which are crawling three insects, the lady bug colored red and the other large bugs black, carved on the outside of the stalk with a small branch of bamboo, the leaves of which creased or partially nibbled at the tips, in fitted brocade box- 5 7/8 in. (14.7 cm.) long