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Description
~OKIMONO
carved from elephant ivory and highlighted with brown, depicting a group of six fighting rats, tangled up with one another, their eyes inlaid with brown horn. A seal mark reading ‘Riho (?)’ is inlaid beneath the base.
(Scratches).
Japan, Meiji period, late 19th century.
A CARVED IVORY OKIMONO, RATS FIGHTING, SIGNED RIHO (?), JAPAN, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH CENTURY.
HEIGHT: 7.3 CM (2 7/8 IN.) – LENGTH: 12 CM (4 3/4 IN.)
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