An ivory Kagamibuta with inset silver-gilt placque decorated in relief with a man playing a samisen seated before a large tied sack, attached with a silver chain to a felt pouch embroidered with gold metal thread, and with a clasp with a silver mount modelled as a rat before a mallet -- 1 7/8in. (4.8cm) diam.

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An ivory Kagamibuta with inset silver-gilt placque decorated in relief with a man playing a samisen seated before a large tied sack, attached with a silver chain to a felt pouch embroidered with gold metal thread, and with a clasp with a silver mount modelled as a rat before a mallet -- 1 7/8in. (4.8cm) diam.

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