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Description
4" (10 cm.) Each is a carved bone balancing stand, one with a single figure having especially fine detail of carved costume and with articulation at shoulders, hips and knees; the other with double balancing rods and having two articulated acrobats who twist and tumble in synchronic movements. Condition: generally excellent. Comments: Japan, mid-1800s, when balancing rods are turned the acrobats perform in amusing ways. Value Points: rare little toys with wonderful detail of carving and movements.