Juvenile Ebisu, smiling cheerfully, with his garment pushed up over his knees and elbows, baring his stumpy legs and strong arms as he struggles to hold down a huge carp with his large hands. The fish is on its side, fighting back with fin and tail up and around the god, who is digging his drawn up right knee into it, curling the toes of his right foot with the effort. Ivory, finely carved and engraved, details partly stained darker. Signed on a fold of the garment between his feet: Shigemasa. None of the four carvers of this name mentioned in MCI. H.4cm. Condition A.
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