A Japanese stained ivory box and cover carved as a bamboo shoot with a Buddhist character roundel to each side, opening to reveal a female deity seated on the back of an elephant or a shishi to each half -- 2¾in.long, signed Kyokushu on red lacquer tablet.

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A Japanese stained ivory box and cover carved as a bamboo shoot with a Buddhist character roundel to each side, opening to reveal a female deity seated on the back of an elephant or a shishi to each half -- 2¾in.long, signed Kyokushu on red lacquer tablet.
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