A Japanese ivory okimono-type seal carved and pierced with two terrapin clambering among lotus pods and leaves -- 2in.high; an ivory netsuke of an acrobat bent double with his head between his legs -- 1¾in.high; an ivory netsuke of a recumbent boar -- 1¾in.long; another of a recumbent hare and leveret -- 1¾in.long; a bone netsuke of two rats perched on a shell; and an ivory netsuke of a minogame half concealed within a shell -- 1¾in.wide. (6)

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A Japanese ivory okimono-type seal carved and pierced with two terrapin clambering among lotus pods and leaves -- 2in.high; an ivory netsuke of an acrobat bent double with his head between his legs -- 1¾in.high; an ivory netsuke of a recumbent boar -- 1¾in.long; another of a recumbent hare and leveret -- 1¾in.long; a bone netsuke of two rats perched on a shell; and an ivory netsuke of a minogame half concealed within a shell -- 1¾in.wide. (6)

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