Furniture & Works of Art - 5th July 2011

Lot 301

A collection of carved ivory animals

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £650

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Description

A collection of carved ivory animals, to include: an armadillo, a walrus, a cockatoo, a crab, an owl, a kangaroo, a horse mounted on an ebonised plinth, etc. together with an ivory thimble in a tortoiseshell case, a carved ivory clenched fist, a Japanese netsuke of a man and a rat, a carving of two sumo etc., 19th century and later, 5.25in (13.1cm) l, max. (24)