A Japanese ivory tusk section vase and cover

A Japanese ivory tusk section vase and cover
with related finial carved as a multitude of noh masks, the vase carved in low relief with boys in traditional dress at play in a garden landscape scene with rockwork, flowers and foliage, on four feet carved and pierced as rockwork -- 5in. (14cm) high, 19th Century, (age cracks).
See Colour Plate 3