Asian Art - 21st May 2008

Lot 229

A Japanese ivory okimono

Estimate £400 - £600 | Hammer £320

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Description

A Japanese ivory okimono, of two peasant workers and a small boy taunting a crab emerging from the circular water's edge base, inset with a signed red lacquer pad, Meiji 1868-1912, minor faults, 18cm.