A wood ashtray netsuke carved to simulate basket-weave with plum blossom to the sides, the bowl in metal -- 1½in. (3.8cm) wide; a wood model of a seated boy with an articulated tongue, holding a mask with one hand and a flute to his head with the other -- 2 3/8in. (6cm) high, (plugged).

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A wood ashtray netsuke carved to simulate basket-weave with plum blossom to the sides, the bowl in metal -- 1½in. (3.8cm) wide; a wood model of a seated boy with an articulated tongue, holding a mask with one hand and a flute to his head with the other -- 2 3/8in. (6cm) high, (plugged).
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