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18TH/19TH CENTURY
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A large ivory netsuke
18th/19th century
Depicting a standing figure of a Gama Sennin, elegantly composed with a good facial expression, his emaciated ribs visible beneath his mugwort-leaf shawl around his shoulders, the left hand clutching a bamboo branch, with the right hand tickling a small tiger under the chin while resting on his shoulders, the himotoshi formed by a large and a small hole on the back, the surface with good patination
11.5 cm. high
18th/19th century
Depicting a standing figure of a Gama Sennin, elegantly composed with a good facial expression, his emaciated ribs visible beneath his mugwort-leaf shawl around his shoulders, the left hand clutching a bamboo branch, with the right hand tickling a small tiger under the chin while resting on his shoulders, the himotoshi formed by a large and a small hole on the back, the surface with good patination
11.5 cm. high
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