λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY CARVINGS OF DEITIES

λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY CARVINGS OF DEITIES, OKIMONO

MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY

Four variously depicting the Seven Gods of Good Fortune, Shichifukujin, the fifth with Daruma being attacked by a small dog while eating noodles, some with signatures including Gyokuzan, Kogyoku, Sozan, and Isshosai / Shungetsu, 7.5cm max. (5)

Provenance: from the collection of a lady of title, and thence by descent.