AN IVORY NETSUKE

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AN IVORY NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), INSCRIBED TOMOTADA

Modelled as a recumbent ox and oxherd, stretching his arms and grimacing as if awakening, details etched and stained dark, himotoshi on underside, inscribed in a rectangular cartouche, right hind hoof recarved--2 1/2 in. (6.5 cm.) long, hairline age cracks