A fine carved ivory netsuke of a Zodiac

Description:

Japan, sign. Masatsugu, 19th cent.
B. 4,2 cm, H. 2,5 cm
Finely worked all round with a group of Zodiac animals, signed on the base in an oval reserve.
From a South German private collection, collected by several generations since 1912 - The marketing licence for ivory is available - Very minor traces of age