A mid 19th century Japanese netsuke from Edo period. Signed on the base. In carved ivory portraying a wiseman sailing over the turtle 'Minogame's shell, holding with his left hand a cane with a cube and a box with his right hand. Sea waves filigree on the back side, 3,2x2,3x3,8 cm.15,48 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.