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2503Y Ф 2507Y Ф
AN IVORY MODEL OF A BRUSHWOOD GATHERER AN IVORY MODEL OF A FISHERMAN
By Shomin, late 19th century Meiji period, late 19th century

Carved as a man seated on the back of his ox, watching as the Carved dressed in a short tunic, straw apron and wide-brimmed hat,
animal steps on the straw hat which has blown off his head, his hands to the front and struggling to carry a large woven basket
signed on the underside Shomin. containing his catch (losses).
4 1/2in (11.4cm) wide 9 1/4in (23.4cm) high
$1,200 - 1,800 $7,000 - 9,000

This lot has been in the United States since the late 1980’s. This lot has been in the United States since the late 1980’s.

2504Y Ф 2508Y Ф
AN IVORY MODEL OF A FEMALE WARRIOR AND ATTENDANT A LARGE IVORY FIGURE OF A STANDING SCHOLAR
Meiji period, late 19th century 19th century
Designed as Tomoe Gozen kneeling before a standing screen and The smiling figure shown looking upward, his hair, beard and knotted
drinking ritual sake as she dresses in armor for battle, her young cord belt all delicately line-incised and tinted with black pigment, the
attendant handing her an armored sleeve (Yoshitsune gote), signed ribbons on his cap and the hands clasped to his back also deeply
to the reverse [illegible], the finely incised details heightened with undercut; now attached to a pieced wood stand of rectangular section
dark pigment. with canted corners carved with lotus bands and inlaid in silver wire.
3 1/2in (8.8cm) wide 19 3/4in (50.2cm) height of ivory
$1,200 - 1,800 22 1/4in (56.5cm) height including stand
$3,000 - 5,000
This lot has been in the United States since the late 1980’s.
This lot has been in the United States since the mid 1960s.
2505Y Ф
AN IVORY MODEL OF A RAKAN 2509Y Ф
By Unpo, Meiji period, late 19th century AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURAL GROUP
Depicting Hattara Sonja, also known as Bhadra, shown seated on a Tokyo school, Meiji era, late 19th century
rocky perch holding a nyoi scepter aloft and stroking the head of his Depicting an elderly puppeteer walking on tall wooden sandles (geta)
tiger companion by his side, the animal’s long tail curling up over the while holding aloft a small figure of a karasu tengu in a yamabushi
immortal’s shoulder, signed Unpo. costume, his other hand lifting a folding fan out of an open basket
3 3/8in (8.6cm) high suspended to the front above a small boy clutching at paper
$1,000 - 1,500 streamers falling from the basket edge, now supported on a wood
stand (minor losses, some cracks).
This lot has been in the United States since the late 1980’s. 12 1/8in (30.8cm) height exclusive of stand
$2,500 - 4,000
2506Y Ф
AN IVORY MODEL OF AN AINU MAN This lot has been in the United States since 1957.
Meiji period, late 19th century
The figure wearing traditional Ainu robes and with long hair and beard
looking to the left and smiling as he carries a large blow fish on the
end of a pole, a woven basket containing the rest of his catch in his
left hand, a short sword and a smoking set slung from his sash.
81/2in (21.5cm) high
$5,000 - 7,000

This lot has been in the United States since the late 1980’s.

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