By Jusen, signed JusenJapan, Edo (Tokyo), mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)Finely carved as a dancer from the Noh play Okina holding a fan and depicted in a dancing posture. The dancer wears an eboshi and an Okina mask with sensitively crafted features. The ivory finely stained. Himotoshi through the back and signed JUSEN – a pupil of Jugyoku.HEIGHT 4.8 cmCondition: Excellent condition with hardly any wear.Provenance: French private collection.Auction comparison:Compare to a similar ivory netsuke by Jugyoku, sold at Bonhams, The Bluette H. Kirchhoff Collection of Netsuke and Sagemono, 16 September 2009, New York, lot 2029 (sold for 1,830 USD).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 this item can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.