Ivory, delicately carved and engraved, slightly stained. Okame in rich Kimono and headscarf above a thick, delicately engraved collar, thoroughly amused by the kitten she has on a leash and which is looking up at her. H.4.5cm. Signed: Hidemasa on oval cartouche, cf. MCI p. 138-48, mentioning four artists of this name. Condition A.
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