A Japanese sectional marine ivory carving of a walking woodman with a large bundle of sticks on his back wrapped in matting, wearing reed leggings and a kerchief on his head, holding a pipe in one hand and a small brazier in the other, a tobacco pouch slung from his belt, the details stained black, on oval base with a tree stump (age cracks) -- 14in.high, signed Masayuki.