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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;moreotherstuff, post: 617444, member: 56&quot;]Here&#039;s the cover of the catalog I mentioned:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]180794[/ATTACH] </p><p>Certainly a cheerful group.</p><p><br /></p><p>Looking through the catalog, there is a section of okimono, followed by a section of netsuke, followed by these, described only as &quot;ivory figures&quot;.&nbsp; This suggests there is some nicety in the definition of okimono of which I am unaware.&nbsp; The okimono shown here are usually smaller (though not always) and may be carved from a single piece of ivory (though I have my doubts on some of them).&nbsp; They are also generally less expensive (due to size?).&nbsp; At an idle guess, okimono may refer to netsuke-like carvings that are not actually netsuke, whereas these could not be confused with netsuke.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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