A large Japanese articulated ivory model of a dragon Meiji period

the animal with pale green glass inset eyes and long upright horns, the scaly articulated body with four legs each terminating in three-claws

This ivory model of a dragon is in good condition, but the lower part of the left leg has broken off, into four pieces, which are kept separately. The head has been re-wired to the body and there is cracking to the body in several places and a repair to one area of the scales behind the left front leg. There is also the loss of two horns to the mid section of the tail and the end section of the tail has come loose.
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