Signed ikko（一光）
Kyoto school
Circa: late 18th to 19th century
2.5×3.2×2.2cm(HWD)
weighs 17g
The cute little lion is wrapped in the egg shell and is about to break out of the shell. The ball less than 1 mm in its mouth can move. Exquisite carving, master work.
Whale bone: All bones are hollow, the cavity being filled with a spongy material. Cuts across some bone show a pattern of minute holes looking like dark dots. Lengthwise, such bone displays many narrow channels which appear to be dark lines of varying lengths. Polished, bone is more opaque and less shiny than ivory.
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