IVORY NETSUKE Signed Okanobu. In the form of a man holding his sword in one hand and his sedge hat, on which an oni is riding, in th...

IVORY NETSUKE Mid-19th Century

Signed Okanobu. In the form of a man holding his sword in one hand and his sedge hat, on which an oni is riding, in the other. Height 2.25".

Provenance:

The collection of Raphael Pompelli, a San Francisco geologist who explored Japan in the 1860s.

Condition: Good condition. The hole in the hat is intentional.

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