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SIGNED SHOSEI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A SILVER AND CORAL OKIMONO STYLE NETSUKE
SIGNED SHOSEI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The silver base carved with swirling waves breaking around a branch of coral, over which climb an octopus and three south-sea islanders, in kuro-shibuichi, their shorts and eyes in gilt, the latter in search of clams and other shellfish, in copper, gilt and silver, a gilt crab fights with the octopus for possession of a shellfish, signed on a tanzaku on the base, Shosei
6.5cm. high
SIGNED SHOSEI, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
The silver base carved with swirling waves breaking around a branch of coral, over which climb an octopus and three south-sea islanders, in kuro-shibuichi, their shorts and eyes in gilt, the latter in search of clams and other shellfish, in copper, gilt and silver, a gilt crab fights with the octopus for possession of a shellfish, signed on a tanzaku on the base, Shosei
6.5cm. high
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