Netsuke in form of man grinding with mortar and pestle

Made:
1701-1900 in Japan
Ivory netsuke in the form of a man grinding with a mortar and

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Ivory netsuke in the form of a man grinding with a mortar and
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Ivory netsuke in the form of a man grinding with a mortar and pestle, signed, Japanese, 1701-1900

Details

Category:
Asian Medicine
Collection:
Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
Object Number:
A641228
Materials:
ivory and complete
Measurements:
overall: 36 mm x 38 mm
type:
netsuke
credit:
Glendining