Asian Art II - 18th November 2015

Lot 329

λ TWO JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO MEIJI 1868-1912 One carved as a fisherman holding a cormorant in one...

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £500

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λ TWO JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO

MEIJI 1868-1912

One carved as a fisherman holding a cormorant in one hand, his catch in the other, a child playing with a model boat at his feet, signed Mitsume, the other a man giving a piece of lotus pod to a boy before him, signed Yoshimasa, 18.8cm. (2)

Provenance: formerly in an English private collection.