A coco-de-mer string box and cover
Incised signature of Ikko, late 19th Century,
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A coco-de-mer string box and cover Incised signature of Ikko, late 19th Century,

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A coco-de-mer string box and cover
Incised signature of Ikko, late 19th Century,
carved all over with a multitiude of tree shrews among fruiting branches, one inset ivory tree-shrew clambering out the cover, inset eyes, incised signature -- 4¼in. (10.8cm.) high, (two inset eyes missing, small split to rim of box).
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