A Tokyo School ivory figure of a fisherman By Shoko/Masahiro, Meiji Period
Lot 317Y
A Tokyo School ivory figure of a fisherman By Shoko/Masahiro, Meiji Period
Sold for £11,250 (US$ 14,595) inc. premium

Lot Details
A Tokyo School ivory figure of a fisherman By Shoko/Masahiro, Meiji Period A Tokyo School ivory figure of a fisherman By Shoko/Masahiro, Meiji Period
A Tokyo School ivory figure of a fisherman
By Shoko/Masahiro, Meiji Period
Standing with one foot resting on a foamy-wave-lashed rock, wearing a straw conical hat, smiling as he looks out to sea, a clutched net in his hands and draped over the left side of his body, poised as if about to cast his net into the swirling waters, a pipe within a pipe case, a kinchaku and manju-netsuke attached from the waist band on his straw skirt, signed Shoko/Masahiro.
35cm (13¾in) high.

Footnotes

  • 象牙彫置物　漁師　正廣作　明治時代
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