A WOOD AND IVORY NETSUKE

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A WOOD AND IVORY NETSUKE
EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY), SIGNED TOMOCHIKA

Carved in the form of a human skull balanced on a fly whisk, details etched and the cranium smooth and highly polished, teeth inlaid in ivory, signed in an oblong cartouche, himotoshi on underside--2in. (5 cm.) long