Japanese Works of Art - 21 May 2019

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†λ A GOOD JAPANESE IVORY CARVING

£1,200 - £1,500

†λ A GOOD JAPANESE IVORY CARVING, OKIMONO

MEIJI 1868-1912

Depicting a beauty sitting on a rock and holding a biwa (lute) wrapped in a fabric cover, her hair tied up in an elegant chignon with a small diadem to the front and a ho-ho bird on top, wearing long robes and a vest decorated with a hexagonal cell pattern, the base with a two character seal mark in a red lacquer tablet for Shomin, 11.2cm.

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