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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bronwen, post: 2643043, member: 5833&quot;]No, Schreger lines crisscross in the crosshatched pattern described above &amp; are visible only in ivory segments that have been cut in cross section from the outer portion of a tusk.&nbsp; You can see a hint of Schreger lines in the second photo in the edge below the signature.&nbsp; There is probably a name for the roughly parallel grain you are pointing out, I just don&#039;t know it.&nbsp; This is how ivory looks where it has been cut lengthwise.</p><p><br /></p><p>My uneducated subjective impression is that the netsuke does not have enough age to be antique or enough wear ever to have been used.</p><p><br /></p><p>The sandal underneath reminds me of the way cats will pretend to lose a toy, &amp; then jump up as if surprised to find it under them.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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