Ivory. Round, bipartite, domed with a fine beaded rim along both edges. In strong relief with finely engraved details, accentuated reddish-brown, leaping Shishi with raised tail on the upper side, a dragon coiled around large Himotoshi on the bottom side. A coiled dragon strongly contoured, punctuated and dyed. Both sides embellished with a bead and reel pattern along the edges. Inside deeply coloured. ? 4cm. Condition A.
Provenance: -Old collection no. 701. Please note that objects made of ivory, rhinoceros horn and turtle shell, due to Cites regulations can only be sold within the European Community. At present the export in third countries is prohibited.