Okimono - Marine ivory - Japan - Meiji period (1868-1912)

Sections of marine ivory okimono depicting a man with a stick with a smiling face holding a dove in his hand. Another is resting on a lower trunk. The man wears a tobacco holder with a netsuke manju on the obi. Signature engraved under the base. Weight gr. 894. Very good condition The lot will be carefully packed and shipped within 1 or at most 2 working days from the day of payment. The shipping price includes delivery via UPS, TNT, DHL or SDA courier (depending on the lot destination) with full insurance and professional packaging. The original certificate compiled by Luca Mastromauro, Japanese art expert number 2617 registered at the Milan Chamber of Commerce, will be sent together with the lot. Copy of the Antiquity certificate complying with CITES international rules drawn up by CESAR Archaeometric Study Center based in London, Milan and Rome together with the object. The original is available only on request. The item cannot be sold outside the EU.