Sitting on his heels and holding two gold coins (koban) he looks down to the peabald puppy in front of him who sits on top of a pile of takaramono. The tabaco set at his back inlaid in mother-of-pearl. Signed Kyokusei on an inlaid ivory tablet. Puppy and takaramono reattached with glue. This lot contains materials which require a CITES licence for export outside of the EU contract countries. We would like to inform you that such licenses are usually not granted. Dimensions Height 3.7 cm Medium Button2 Provenance Private collection, Southern Germany, acquired at Van Ham, 4.12.2014, lot 368 Notes VAT: Margin scheme