An ivory katabori netsuke depicting a chagama transforming into a tanuki, illustrating the children's fable Bumbuku chagama. The tanuki's head, legs and tail are visible, while its body is still in the shape of a chagama (an iron kettle with a lid and two rings used to heat water, particularly for cha no yu). The two himotoshi are located under the badger's belly. The eyes are inlaid in white glass with black pupils. A signature is engraved in black in an oval cartouche on the left side: Rantei ??. Japan, mid-Edo period (1603-1868). H. 2.5 cm; weight: 15 g