An ivory model of a fighting rooster (Shamo)
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Ryuichi (Abe Fukutaro)
Dynamically carved as a fighting rooster glaring at a praying mantis as he stamps on it, the head with finely detailed comb and feathers and the eyes with inlaid shell; signature on base
11in. (27.9cm.) high
An ivory model of a fighting rooster (Shamo)
Meiji period (late 19th century), signed Ryuichi (Abe Fukutaro)
Dynamically carved as a fighting rooster glaring at a praying mantis as he stamps on it, the head with finely detailed comb and feathers and the eyes with inlaid shell; signature on base
11in. (27.9cm.) high
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