A Japanese sectional ivory carving of a standing fisherman wearing a wide brimmed hat and reed skirt carrying a large basket over his shoulder containing two cormorants, one grasping a fish in its beak, and holding a basket suspended from a pole in his other hand, on oval mound base carved with tree stumps and netting (pole broken) -- 10¼.in.high, signed Toshichika.

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A Japanese sectional ivory carving of a standing fisherman wearing a wide brimmed hat and reed skirt carrying a large basket over his shoulder containing two cormorants, one grasping a fish in its beak, and holding a basket suspended from a pole in his other hand, on oval mound base carved with tree stumps and netting (pole broken) -- 10¼.in.high, signed Toshichika.
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