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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;quirkygirl, post: 54529, member: 106&quot;]I picked this little beauty up today ... my first netsuke!&nbsp; I love items with fish designs, so even if it wasn&#039;t worth what I paid ... I would still be happy with it.</p><p><br /></p><p>It is signed, but I cannot even tell which way is up on the characters.&nbsp; I&#039;m not even certain that it is Japanese, but I was able to find a similar one sold at Skinner&#039;s auctions a couple of years ago and they stated theirs was Japanese.&nbsp; Can anyone read what the characters are?</p><p><br /></p><p>Neither I nor the person running the estate sale could tell if this was ivory or bone or resin ... but now that I&#039;ve got it brushed off a bit, I believe I see the Schreger lines under bright light (tried to capture in photo ... not sure if they will show up well).&nbsp; I didn&#039;t pay much for it but I am still not willing to poke it with a hot pin!</p><p><br /></p><p>I do not collect asian art and have no experience with these, I consider this my first &#039;study piece&#039; in this area ... so any information that anyone is willing to give will be greatly appreciated.</p><p><br /></p><p>I want to scrub this little guy down to clean him up ... but would that be safe?&nbsp; Would the dark eyes and signature wash off?&nbsp; I used a soft brush to get the worst of the dust off but as you can see in teh close-up photos, he&#039;s still pretty grungy.</p><p><br /></p><p>- Kat</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]13921[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]13922[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]13923[/ATTACH] </p><p>[ATTACH=full]13924[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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