The tubular sentoku case in shape of a tree trunk with a large silver leaf and with a brush inside, the copper ink container in shape of a kaki, the lid with a stem as a knob, and a leaf functioning as a lid for the case. Along with a small bone netsuke of a basket with a chopper inside, the blade of steal, the handle of wood. Many yatate come along with slender paper knife, it must remain speculative if the small blade accompanying this yatate was used for cutting paper or cutting back the hairs of the brush. Dimensions Length 16.5 cm Medium Button2 Exhibited Exhibited at the International Netsuke Society Convention, Paris, 24.-28.10.2017 Literature Illustrated in: Meinertzhagen Card Index, Vol. 2, p. 1034; compare very similar yatate, ill. in: S. Tawara, Tawara collection, Yatate, Kyoto shoin atsu korekushion 45, Kyoto 1997, p. 124-125, no. 144 Provenance Collection Richard Hieronymus, Seattle, purchased at Butterfield & Butterfield, San Francisco in 1979 (according to the consignor) Notes VAT: Margin scheme