Scrimshaw tooth with two figures

tooth

SCRIMSHAW & ALLIED ARTS - TEETH
marad; scrimshaw
China
ivory
Overall: 6 x 3 x 1 1/2 in.

Tooth attributed to the circle of N.S. Finney. On one side, a cartoon of a male humanoid with the foot and tail of an animal, in what appears to possibly be Chinese garb, seated, and reading with a disc-shaped magnifiying glass. On the reverse, a standing male figure in baggy Chinese garb, holding an Oriental fan. One of a pair with 1957.707.


1957.708

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