Lot 386 , A Japanese ivory netsuke of two men constructing a barrel, Meiji period, 2.8cm

A Japanese ivory netsuke of two men constructing a barrel, Meiji period, one man lying on top of the barrel, the other inside holding a tool, incised signature to a red lacquer seal, 2.8cm
Estimate £220-260

Occasional small age cracks, there is one over carved plug to one side and a pin hole to one end of the barrel which may have had an item attached to them in the past, otherwise good.


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