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Lot 81Y

Two ivory figural okimono groups
By Toshimune and Tozan, Meiji Period

5 November 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

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Two ivory figural okimono groups

By Toshimune and Tozan, Meiji Period
The first a sarumawashi, seated with a pipe in his left hand, gesturing to his pet monkey clutching a peach, crouched at the man's feet, signed in a tsuishu lacquer reserve Toshimune; 10.2cm (4in) high; the second of a poulterer with his grandson, the former seated on a log and about to feed a chick perched in a shallow basket, the child clambering over his shoulder, two other chicks at their feet, signed Tozan; 9.7cm (3¾in) high. Both with removable wood stands.
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象牙彫置物 猿回し 利宗 明治時代
象牙彫置物 家禽商 東山 明治時代

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