Japanese Ivory Okimono of a Barrel Carpenter Signed Akimasa, Meiji- Taisho Periods The carpenter seated within a large sectioned barrel with rope tied wood grain staves, beside a smaller sectioned barrel enclosing a mallet and an axe, before him is a board upon which is a plane, a saw and two barrel remnants. H: 5in (12.7 cm); L: 9.5in (24. 1cm) See Illustration