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A GROUP OF SEVEN JAPANESE CARVED IVORY EROTIC NETSU

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A GROUP OF SEVEN JAPANESE CARVED IVORY EROTIC NETSUKES, 20th CENTURY, comprising one of pumpkin form with external tortoise and opening to erotic detailed halves, height: 1 1/2"; a naturalistically detailed peach and stem netsuke with miniature corn cob on exterior opening to two erotic halves, height: 2"; one of flattened gourd form opening to erotic detailed halves, diameter: 1 7/8"; a naturalistically detailed peanut opening to a couple in erotic embrace, length: 2 /12"; a prickly fruit opening to a couple in an erotic position, height: 2"; a cracked egg with an opening that reveals a couple in an intimate position, raised on three rat form reticulated feet, height: 2"; and a detailed oval box with a lid enclosing a miniature crouching man peering into a hole that opens to a couple in an intimate position. Height: 1 1/8" Width: 1 7/8"

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