Boxwood, very delicately carved, engraved with darker accentuations, the eyes inlaid with light horn with dark pupils. Mermaid with dark, long accentuated hair, draped over a large shell, showing her curved tail underneath, while trying to prevent her own tail from getting caught between the seashells with her right hand. W.4.5cm. Signed: Hideharu on recessed, rectangular reserve. Condition A.