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Lot 1596Y
An ivory two-case inro 19th Century
28 July 2009, 10:00 PDT
San FranciscoUS$1,000 - US$1,500
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19th Century
Carved with a pair of itinerant manzai entertainers reversed by a sake vessel and New Year's decorations, primarily rendered in shizume ukibori with incised and stained details, signed Meikeisai Hojitsu (d.1872) followed by a kakihan; together with an ivory ojime formed by three puppies and an ivory two-part manju carved with an ama (woman pearl diver) fighting off a humorous octopus, the reverse with a cresting wave below the signature Kogyokusai. [3]
2 1/4in (6cm) long
Carved with a pair of itinerant manzai entertainers reversed by a sake vessel and New Year's decorations, primarily rendered in shizume ukibori with incised and stained details, signed Meikeisai Hojitsu (d.1872) followed by a kakihan; together with an ivory ojime formed by three puppies and an ivory two-part manju carved with an ama (woman pearl diver) fighting off a humorous octopus, the reverse with a cresting wave below the signature Kogyokusai. [3]
2 1/4in (6cm) long














