A set of seven Japanese carved ivory immortals depicting the ShichiFukujin including Hotei with a double gourd flask, Ebisu with a fan, Benten with a samisen and four others with various attributes all wearing decorative long robes, one wearing a hardwood hat, all seated bar one, feasting around a circular table laid with fish and other foods -- 4in.(10.2cm) high max. the table signed on a red lacquer tablet, (minor damages).

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A set of seven Japanese carved ivory immortals depicting the ShichiFukujin including Hotei with a double gourd flask, Ebisu with a fan, Benten with a samisen and four others with various attributes all wearing decorative long robes, one wearing a hardwood hat, all seated bar one, feasting around a circular table laid with fish and other foods -- 4in.(10.2cm) high max. the table signed on a red lacquer tablet, (minor damages).
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