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19TH CENTURY,
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A GROUP OF JAPANESE CARVED IVORY NETSUKES,**
19TH CENTURY,
comprising a man seated on rockwork with a frog, a laughing man with a fan, a figure with a wheelbarrow by a rock; and carving of a clam, the interior intricately carved with a figural scene; together with an ivory model of a frog and lotus, a mouse and a melon, a figure of a blind man, and a box painted with a phoenix and vines and applied with metal decoration, enclosing two game chips
The box 2½in. (6.4cm.) long (8)
19TH CENTURY,
comprising a man seated on rockwork with a frog, a laughing man with a fan, a figure with a wheelbarrow by a rock; and carving of a clam, the interior intricately carved with a figural scene; together with an ivory model of a frog and lotus, a mouse and a melon, a figure of a blind man, and a box painted with a phoenix and vines and applied with metal decoration, enclosing two game chips
The box 2½in. (6.4cm.) long (8)
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