Japanese Art - 23rd May 2018
Lot 941
FOUR JAPANESE IVORY CARVINGS MEIJI 1868-1912 Comprising a pair of brushpots decorated with...
Estimate £200 - £400 | Hammer £650
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FOUR JAPANESE IVORY CARVINGS
MEIJI 1868-1912
Comprising a pair of brushpots decorated with mirroring designs of a warrior with an attendant, unsigned, an okimono of a seated fisherman gasping in surprise at a flapping fish, with a seal mark in a metal reserve underneath, and an okimono of Hojo Tokimasa opening a box from which Benten, her dragon and two oni emerge, signed, 12.1cm max. (5)
Provenance: the collection of Roy Merley.