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<p>[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 73196, member: 56"]The first isn't a functional netsuke, nor an old one. It might be modern ivory carved to look the part. There may be holes, but they're not right for their purpose. A cord with a knot on the end passes through a netsuke. It passes through a small hole and comes out through larger hole that then accommodates the knot.</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither seems particularly well carved to me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="moreotherstuff, post: 73196, member: 56"]The first isn't a functional netsuke, nor an old one. It might be modern ivory carved to look the part. There may be holes, but they're not right for their purpose. A cord with a knot on the end passes through a netsuke. It passes through a small hole and comes out through larger hole that then accommodates the knot. Neither seems particularly well carved to me.[/QUOTE]
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