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WOOD AND IVORY CARVINGS, ETC.                  337










                                          No. 763.
                Ivory   seal  upon    a  Plaque   of wood     decorated   with
            designs executed in ivory and coloured stones.    Riu-ho.   Rinho,
            the name   of the maker.







































                                          No. 764.
                 Painted    upon   a   Plaque   of  plaster   decorated   with
            ornamental work     in  relief.  Ki-yu,  Ki-shiu, utsusu Chio-do
            Kan-jin.    Copied  by Kanjin Chiodo during     the  last Autumn
            of  the Zodiac year  of  the  Cock.  In   Japan   the Autumn     is
            divided into three periods, first, middle and last, corresponding
            with the   European    months,   July, August    and   September.
            The  seal marks    are  illegible.
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