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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A STONEMASON engraving a millstone with an adze, one himotoshi lined with green stained ivory, signed Isshinsai, 19th Century, 3.5 cm.; and a lacquered boxwood

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A WOOD NETSUKE OF A STONEMASON engraving a millstone with an adze, one himotoshi lined with green stained ivory, signed Isshinsai, 19th Century, 3.5 cm.; and a lacquered boxwood
netsuke depicting the mad noblewoman of Adachi Moor walking with a staff and knife and carrying an unsuspecting child on her shoulder, unsigned, early 19th century, 6.8 cm. (2)

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