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Lot 2205Y
Ivory figural group of man, boy and chickens on a bridge Late 19th century
20 March 2012, 13:00 EDT
New YorkSold for US$11,250 inc. premium
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Ivory figural group of man, boy and chickens on a bridge
Late 19th century
Realistically carved as an elderly man watching as a young boy crawls over a bridge toward a basket from which escaped a rooster, hen and chicks, each figure with a pouch (sagemono) hung from sashes, the eyes inlaid with dark horn and the details rendered with fine lines, the underside of the bridge carved with a Chinese-style landscape; fitted wood stand 22 1/4in (56.5cm) long (including stand)
Realistically carved as an elderly man watching as a young boy crawls over a bridge toward a basket from which escaped a rooster, hen and chicks, each figure with a pouch (sagemono) hung from sashes, the eyes inlaid with dark horn and the details rendered with fine lines, the underside of the bridge carved with a Chinese-style landscape; fitted wood stand 22 1/4in (56.5cm) long (including stand)
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Provenance: Previously sold Sotheby's, London, 1990.





