Asian Art - 21st May 2008

Lot 239

A Japanese ivory group

Estimate £500 - £800 | Hammer £2000

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Description

A Japanese ivory group, carved as three men and a large seashell, the sage seated above pours liquid from a gourd into a dish held up by his assistant, a small monkey holding a frog and a crab hide behind the shell, 19th century, 8cm.