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SIGNED IKKOSAI (ASAKUSA, EDO/TOKYO, 1833-1893), EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (MID/LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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An Ivory Netsuke
Signed Ikkosai (Asakusa, Edo/Tokyo, 1833-1893), Edo/Meiji Period (Mid/Late 19th Century)
Katabori, okimono type, stained ivory; a carving of an octopus wrestling with a fisherman sitting in his basket, the octopus forcing back his head with two of its tentacles, its eyes inlaid in metal, the himotoshi formed by two tiny holes in the base
1 x 1 7/16in. (2.6 x 3.6cm.)
Signed Ikkosai (Asakusa, Edo/Tokyo, 1833-1893), Edo/Meiji Period (Mid/Late 19th Century)
Katabori, okimono type, stained ivory; a carving of an octopus wrestling with a fisherman sitting in his basket, the octopus forcing back his head with two of its tentacles, its eyes inlaid in metal, the himotoshi formed by two tiny holes in the base
1 x 1 7/16in. (2.6 x 3.6cm.)