A WOOD NETSUKE of two tortoise grappling with one another, signed Gyokumin, 3.8cm. wide; another of a tortoise tied on to a broken roof tile, signed Tadakazu (Chuichi), 5.3cm. wide; and a netsuke of a tortoise with its legs drawn in (an inlaid eye missing), unsigned, all 19th century

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A WOOD NETSUKE of two tortoise grappling with one another, signed Gyokumin, 3.8cm. wide; another of a tortoise tied on to a broken roof tile, signed Tadakazu (Chuichi), 5.3cm. wide; and a netsuke of a tortoise with its legs drawn in (an inlaid eye missing), unsigned, all 19th century
4.5cm. wide (3)

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