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Subject:what is this ??
Posted By: Veronica rendon Wed, Aug 31, 2016 IP: 172.112.112.219
i found this wood carved dragons







Subject:what is this ??
Posted By: rat Thu, Sep 01, 2016
it's a Japanese ceremonial noisemaker. The inscription is the carver's name, but the second character is a nonstandard variant I can't read.

Subject:Re: what is this ??
Posted By: Guy Fri, Sep 02, 2016
Reads 'Masanao' (正直).

This is an artist's name also for sculptors of wooden netsuke etc. I'm not an expert in that field.

Guy.

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