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A MARINE IVORY NETSUKE OF A FOREIGN EGG-TESTER A TALL UMIMATSU NETSUKE OF A CORAL FISHERMAN
By Ryukei, Edo, 19th century Late 19th century
Signed Ryukei with a kao. Unsigned.
6cm (2 3/8in) high. 12.7cm (5in) high.

£3,000 - 4,000 £1,500 - 2,000
JPY440,000 - 580,000 JPY220,000 - 290,000
US$4,100 - 5,500 US$2,100 - 2,800

海象牙彫根付 異人卵売 銘「龍珪（花押）」 19世紀 海松彫根付 珊瑚漁師に蛸 無銘 19世紀後期

Published: Published:
Katchen, N7, vol.1, p.279, no.K707. Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.461, no.K717.

Standing, he leans back, holding an egg to his eye, a basket of eggs Standing beside a tall rock, grasping one tentacle of a giant octopus
slung from his right shoulder, the ivory slightly worn and bearing a which rears up over his head, carved in varicoloured umimatsu, part of
good patina. the rock forming the himotoshi and the eyes inlaid.

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