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A wood figural study
Description
A wood figural study
19th Century
Portraying two emaciated South Sea islanders engaged in an arm-wrestling contest on an oversize lotus leaf, the stem forming the himotoshi, a secondary perforation drilled to the center, with artist's cartouche (illegible) and metal-inlaid plug to the reverse (extensive wear).
Length 2 1/8in (5.4cm)
19th Century
Portraying two emaciated South Sea islanders engaged in an arm-wrestling contest on an oversize lotus leaf, the stem forming the himotoshi, a secondary perforation drilled to the center, with artist's cartouche (illegible) and metal-inlaid plug to the reverse (extensive wear).
Length 2 1/8in (5.4cm)
