Japanese couple: standing position
  
Size: 2 1/2" x 1 1/4" x 5"
This carving is unusual not only in the size of the very high quality mammoth ivory from which
it is carved, but also in the quality of the carving. A closer look would show that each toe and
finger is painstakingly carved - and all from a single piece of ivory.
 

 
 

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