Japan. Edo period. 1st half of the 19th c. Ivory with finely carved and engraved details. Partly stained. Oni hiding from the beans under a large hat. The beans inlay of black horn and lacquered. Height 2cm, length 3.6cm. Sign.: Mitsumasa, cf. MCI p. 547. Condition A.
Provenance: -Collection Bushell.
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