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219 Y Ф
AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE OF A PEASANT
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Kneeling with his head turned to the right, one hand
clutching a bunch of peaches contained in the rattan
basket on the ground and the other gesturing towards the
left, carrying a straw receptacle holding a stalk of blooming
peony on his back; unsigned. 18cm (7 1/8in) high.

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,100 - 2,800

220 Y Ф
AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE GROUP
OF OTA DOKAN
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The warrior standing and bending over, clutching a bow
and one arrow, carrying a quiver of arrows on his back,
looking down at a young woman kneeling on the ground
offering him a tray of yamabuki (Japanese yellow rose,
Kerria japonica) an attendant behind holding a straw hat;
unsigned. 13.5cm (5¼in) high.

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,100 - 2,800

221 Y Ф
219 AN IVORY OKIMONO GROUP
OF A FAMILY OF CHICKENS
The cockerel by Ryusai, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Naturalistically carved, consisting of one cockerel, 13.5cm
(5¼in) high; one hen, 7cm (2¾in) high and four newly-
hatched chicks, one holding a worm in its beak, each
approx., 2.5cm (1in) high, the cockerel and the hen’s eyes
double inlaid in pale amber with horn pupils, the four chicks’
eyes of dark horn, their plumage intricately rendered; the
cockerel signed on the underside Ryusai. (6).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,800 - 4,200

222 Y Ф
THREE IVORY OKIMONO
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising an Ainu hunter-gatherer, typically depicted
with facial hair, wearing a heavy necklace and wielding a
short sword, signed on the base in a carved red-lacquer
reserve Tomomine/Yuho, 24.5cm (9 5/8in) high; the
second a Noh actor in costume with both hands gripping
a spear, the garments inlaid with foliate motifs in assorted
shell, unsigned, 16.2cm (6 3/8in) high; the third a group of
two rats clambering over two clam shells, unsigned;
4.6cm x 7.7cm (1¾in x 3in). (3).
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000
US$2,100 - 2,800

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