• Mennetsuke or "mask netsuke"
• Whimsical Antique Japanese Netsuke Mask
• These lovely little items hang easily with a standard push-pin on the wall.
• This is a "real netsuke" in that it was at one point attached to an Inro (pillbox) and worn at the waist rather than for decoration.
• The quality craving is superb if it were a full-sized mask; its masterful given its tiny dimensions.
• The high-quality of this item is exceptionally rare.
• Wood Mask netsuke of Hotei, Signed. 
• Good patina, and signed on the back bar. 
• Early 19th C 
• 41mm High – 38mm wide.
• Please see my other masks (including many Japanese ones) that are being listed; check out my other items!