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Subject:Ivory Netsuke
Posted By: Andy Mon, Dec 15, 2014 IP: 36.2.133.206
Hello,

I am looking at buying a Netsuke from Japanese auction.

http://zenmarket.jp/en/auction.aspx?itemCode=d159928974

Can anyone please help with identifying the period when this one was made?

Also, sellers on auctiones do not ship abroad. Anyone had experience with ZenMarket forwarding service?

Please advise.
Thank you
Andy



Subject:Re: Ivory Netsuke
Posted By: Stan Tue, Dec 16, 2014
The work looks pretty crude. It is recently made (20th century at the earliest - likely later). It doesn't look like ivory. If is not ivory, there is no ban on shipping abroad - other than seller not wanting to ship abroad.

I wouldn't buy it.

Cheers,
Stan

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Subject:Re: Ivory Netsuke
Posted By: j lewis Tue, Dec 16, 2014
I would never purchase a netsuke if I could not hold it in my hand first. This doesn't look very old to me.

If this is elephant ivory, and if the seller doesn't have some kind of legitimate certification that this is ANTIQUE ivory (and even then . . .?) you may have difficulty having this shipped to you because of CITES regulations.

I would not take the chance.

Subject:Re: Ivory Netsuke
Posted By: Jim Tue, Dec 16, 2014
It sold for $50 which is about the going price for modern Chinese poorly carved imitation netsuke. Can't leagaly import this. Especially liked their return policy: 'Impossible'. Regards, Jim

Subject:Re: Ivory Netsuke
Posted By: Ernest Wilhelm Thu, Dec 18, 2014
This could be Plant ivory...Tagua nut.
Ernest

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