Japanese Works of Art - 23 Nov 2021
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A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF TORTOISES
A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF TORTOISES
MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
Carved as two young clambering upon the back of an adult, the larger animal with its limbs retracted against its body and its nose only just poking out of the carapace, unsigned, 4cm.
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