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SEVEN WOOD NETSUKE
Edo Period (18th-19th Century)
All katabori, wood, the first of a chick hatching from an egg, signed Shozan; the second boxwood of Ebisu with giant fish signed Masakazu; the third of Kintaro wrestling a giant carp; the fourth of two turtles; the fifth of a tortoise carrying a rocky island on his back; the sixth of a turtle with her young on her back; the seventh of a turtle
Various sizes from 2.4cm. to 4.5cm. high (7)
Provenance
The fourth William Sturgis Bigelow
The others Dr. Ernest G. Stillman

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