shell ensemble, unsigned

unsigned.
Late 17th to early 18th century.
Height: 6.8 cm.

J. Prieur, Paris, no. 208B
Sydney L. Moss, Ltd., Lac lacquer lacquest, 2014, no. 6.

Strung with an openwork sentoku ojime of stylised waves design, and an old glossy kurogaki netsuke carved as an awabi shell, signed: Masakata.