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The three sake testers. Ivory. Second half 19th century Signed: Tomochika Standing around a sake pot, tasting its contents, depicting the well-known scene of the ‘sake testers’. Ivory, finely carved and engraved, with dark accents. A fine, shiny patina. Width 4.2 cm Private collection, Rhineland Compare the signature in: MCI, p. 890 (there listed as a student of Tomochika II, the signature different to that of the present lot)