An Ivory Netsuke

An Ivory Netsuke
Unsigned, Edo Period (Late 18th/Early 19th Century)
Katabori, stained ivory; a delicately carved group of a large ashinaga carrying a much smaller tenaga, the tenaga reaching down to tie the ashinaga's sandal lace, the larger figure with Western-style moustache, whiskers and wig and a brimmed Chinese tasselled hat, the smaller figure also wearing a brimmed hat, the himotoshi formed by a larger and a smaller hole in the back of the ashinaga, slight damage to sandal lace
3 9/16 x 1in. (9.0 x 2.6cm.)