Netsuke in form of demons

Made:: 1801-1900 in Japan

maker:: Unknown

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Ivory figures, probably a netsuke, but without cord holes, in the form of two demons, one adult with a young one trying to reach something in the adult's right hand, Japanese

Details

Category:: Oriental Medicine

Object Number:: A36566

Materials:: incomplete, ivory

type:: netsuke costume (personal accessories), costume (personal accessories), netsuke

taxonomy:

visual and verbal communication
sculpture

credit:: Sotheby's

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