An ivory netsuke of a sage standing leaning on a staff and carrying a toad on his right shoulder -- 3½in. (8.9cm) long, (damage to foot); an ivory netsuke of a seated Hotei -- 1½in. (3.8cm) wide, Signed; and a nateuke of a figure carrying another upon a large root vegetable -- 1 5/8in. (4cm) wide, signed on a red lacquer tablet).

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An ivory netsuke of a sage standing leaning on a staff and carrying a toad on his right shoulder -- 3½in. (8.9cm) long, (damage to foot); an ivory netsuke of a seated Hotei -- 1½in. (3.8cm) wide, Signed; and a nateuke of a figure carrying another upon a large root vegetable -- 1 5/8in. (4cm) wide, signed on a red lacquer tablet).
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