A wood netsuke of a standing sennin dressed in robes and carrying a karashishi on his back, the eyes inlaid in horn (minute hairline crack) -- 2¼.in.high; and a dark wood netsuke of a karashishi resting one paw on a ball, on an oval base -- 1½.in.long, signed Issai on a rectangular mother-of-pearl tablet.

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A wood netsuke of a standing sennin dressed in robes and carrying a karashishi on his back, the eyes inlaid in horn (minute hairline crack) -- 2¼.in.high; and a dark wood netsuke of a karashishi resting one paw on a ball, on an oval base -- 1½.in.long, signed Issai on a rectangular mother-of-pearl tablet.
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