FOUR JAPANESE IVORY CARVINGS MEIJI 1868-1912 Comprising a pair of brushpots decorated with...

FOUR JAPANESE IVORY CARVINGS

MEIJI 1868-1912

Comprising a pair of brushpots decorated with mirroring designs of a warrior with an attendant, unsigned, an okimono of a seated fisherman gasping in surprise at a flapping fish, with a seal mark in a metal reserve underneath, and an okimono of Hojo Tokimasa opening a box from which Benten, her dragon and two oni emerge, signed, 12.1cm max. (5)

Provenance: the collection of Roy Merley.