Project Description
Walrus Ivory Manju Netsuke, by Eisai
Extensively pierced with a meandering patterned ground supporting 5 medallions, one of which has a silver plate decorated with a mon in nunome
Signed with the single character ei. Tokyo. Circa 1870
4.3 cm across
For two other pierced stag antler manju by Eisai, see Paul Moss’s monograph on Kokusai et al., vol. III, pp. 260-261
MR4106
