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Lot 84Y

An ivory figure of a nude bijin
By Homei, Meiji Period

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

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An ivory figure of a nude bijin

By Homei, Meiji Period
Standing on a circular stand, holding in her right hand a trailing length of soft fabric and cradling a fledgling in the other, a sprig of chrysanthemum at her feet, signed Homei.
22.9cm (9in) high.

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象牙彫置物 裸婦 芳明 明治時代

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