Asian Art - 15th November 2017

Lot 767

λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO MEIJI 1868-1912 Variously carved as an elderly man with a child and...

Estimate £150 - £250 | Hammer £1600

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λ FIVE JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO

MEIJI 1868-1912

Variously carved as an elderly man with a child and another with a staff, the first with a two character signature to the base, another a farmer with a basket in one hand and his pipe in the other, signed Gyokushu, a third of a man writing at his desk and one of Onamuchi no Mikoto killing Anzu, the eagle-like mythical creature, the latter two unsigned, 25cm max. (6)