What is the value and Netsuke

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What is the meaning and value Netsuke !
According to a prior examination:
Size: height - 3 cm, maximum width of the bottom - 2 cm
Netsuke is made in the type Kitabori . Himatosi ( pulling the lace holes ) are made in full accordance with the canon .
Netsuke depicts Arhat - sage at the point of a true understanding of nature. Beard sitting on a " polukortochkah one knee ," the old man in the eastern cholate , belted with a rope, shown at the time of smoking hookah. On the head of the old man tafya - variety tyubiteyki . Views the object is made of aramita , the material has a high abrasion resistance and resilience to shocks. Using the technique of cutting, engraving and subsequent polishing. The material provides a basis to assign this object to the middle of the 19th century, not the earlier period, as previously thought. Safety - satisfactory. The general conclusion : the subject is the subject of the collection of interest.