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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 3036742, member: 8267&quot;]Welcome, [USER=17402]@Ruskoinabiscuit[/USER].</p><p>Your piece is in the style of a Japanese netsuke, which were used as toggles on purses, tucked under the waist sash. If your antique dealer is certain it is of Chinese origin, there is the possibility that it is a Chinese copy. In genuine netsukes, the holes will communicate with each other, and be of slightly different sizes. In use, a cord was threaded through the holes and the smaller hole would prevent the terminal knot from slipping through.</p><p><br /></p><p>The subject matter is in the erotic genre known as &quot;shunga&quot; in Japanese.</p><p><br /></p><p>To confirm it is made of ivory it would be helpful to see some closeups to look for distinctive features known as &quot;Schreger lines&quot; - a faint pattern of cross-hatching that is specific to elephant ivory. One of the more likely places to be able to see these lines would be on the pillow that the woman is leaning on, as it provides a variety of orientations.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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