Japanese Works of Art - 21st May 2019
Lot 313
†λ A GOOD JAPANESE IVORY CARVING
Estimate £1,200 - £1,500
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Description
†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.