Ɏ MITSUCHIKA: AN IVORY NETSUKE-OKIMONO OF THREE SAGES AROUND A WELLBy Mitsuchika, signed Mitsuchika 光親 Japan, Tokyo, Meiji period (1868-1912)Finely and intricately carved as three sages and a boy standing around a well on a naturalistically carved base, two sages holding a fan and a scroll and the boy reclining over a water bucket. The well is decorated with a pair of lion masks on the top and supports three water jars, one of them has overturned and the water is pouring down. Single himotoshi and signature MITSUCHIKA to the underside.HEIGHT 5 cmCondition: Very good condition with minor traces of wear and few tiny natural age cracks.Provenance: Ex-collection Teddy Hahn, Darmstadt.Trade Certificate: In accordance with new EU regulations that went into effect in January 2022, we have applied for a certificate to sell this item within the EU. We expect the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology to issue the certificate in 3-6 weeks. The item can only be shipped / handed over once the certificate has been issued.This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.