A fine carved ivory Shibayama netsuke of a decorated and saddled elephant

Description:

Japan, in a mother-of-pearl reserve signed Masayasu 政安, Meiji period
H. 3,6 cm, B. 4 cm
Finely inlaid in various materials. Detailed finish.
From an old private collection Rhineland, collected before 1985, coll. no. 22 (with note 5/(19)73 Offermann & Schmitz) - The EU trade certificate for the sale of this lot is available - Few missing parts of the inlays