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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 10478576, member: 2844&quot;]Netsuke or okimono style jewellery was popular in the late 70s-early 80s. Many of the carvings were contemporary.</p><p><br /></p><p>He is carrying the &#039;hossu&#039;, the flywhisk of Zen Buddhist priests. There is an obscure Japanese God called Hosuseri, I wonder if it is him.</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossu" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossu" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hossu</a></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosuseri#Name_meaning" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosuseri#Name_meaning" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosuseri#Name_meaning</a></p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m sorry to say I disagree.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie86" alt=":sorry:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It looks like a post-CITES carving to me. The carving is charming, but it doesn&#039;t have the style and detail of period netsukes or okimonos. The silk cords and sleeves are crudely carved, as is the hossu. And the proportions, with the big head, are seen a lot on post-CITES carvings.</p><p><br /></p><p>The subject is Japanese, but he is probably Chinese made.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would sell it to him.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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