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Old Carved Ivory Netsuke: Figure on Shell

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Old Carved Ivory Netsuke: Figure on Shell

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Old Carved Ivory Netsuke: Figure on Shell
Well carved, old ivory netsuke; of a figure climbing on a huge shell, signed

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