This ivory netsuke--a small sculpture that serves as a purse--was made by Gyokkosai during the Nineteenth Century. It shows a woman playing playing a samisen, a monkey drinking sake and an animated skeleton holding a fan. The attention to detail is amazing, particularly on the ribs and fingers of the skeleton.
Link -via Wunderkammer | Photo: British Museum
A Netsuke is not a purse it is the object that is attached to cord and placed under the robe belt so the purse can dangle from the belt.
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If you're in Oxford, the Pitt Rivers museum has loads of these on display.
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