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A WOOD NETSUKE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED CHIKUSAI
Amusingly modelled as a long-nosed tengu carrying a sake flask in one hand and a sack in the other, eyes and bosses on robe inlaid in horn, the tablet attached to sake bottle an invoice, signature etched on back of figure- 1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) high
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED CHIKUSAI
Amusingly modelled as a long-nosed tengu carrying a sake flask in one hand and a sack in the other, eyes and bosses on robe inlaid in horn, the tablet attached to sake bottle an invoice, signature etched on back of figure- 1 5/8 in. (4 cm.) high