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I have NO clue what this is.. any bright bulbs in the crowd that can help me out? I'm thinking its half of a 2 or 3 piece set but what the set could be or does just has me totally baffled!!

anybody with a clue for me will be granted a huge no prize with all my hearty thanks!!

Looks like a button off a coat.

Don't know why it should have an Asian-art connection. Since it is molded, could have been made anywhere.

The ivory looks quite attractive. It strikes me as Japanese, but I don't know enough about Japanese items to know how it might have been used either.

excellent, i hadn't thought about a button! material is ivory

many thanks!

It is a very nice Japanese manju netsuke!
Mat

thank you very much. i did some reading after your post so thank you for the knowledge

To be exact it it a kagamibuta netsuke, for further information and similar examples look here: http://forums.netsuke.org/post/kagamibuta-netsuke-your-pictures-6350027

thank you very much. MOST informative!

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