Lot 1068 D‡α

An okimono-type ivory netsuke of a group of tortoises. Second half 19th century

An okimono-type ivory netsuke of a group of tortoises, one large animal and seven young climbing over the back of a large tortoise. Some eye pupils of black glass, one replaced. Signed Tadakazu in a sunken reserve. Second half 19th century.
Height 4.7 cm