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AN IVORY FIGURE GROUP OF AN OLD MAN AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE OF A MOTHER AND CHILD
WITH TWO CHILDREN Atributed to Yoshida Doraku, Meiji era (1868-1912),
By Hokei, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century late 19th/early 20th century
The old man standing, one hand supporting the younger child and The mother seated on a stool, balancing her child on her knee,
the other holding an insect cage, two semi (cicada) having already reaching with one hand the stalk of flower held in the woman’s hand
escaped, the older boy jumping at his grandfather’s side attempting to and the other pulling the lapel of the woman’s elegant kimono, their
grab one of the insects; signed on the base Hokei. garments delicately carved with flowerheads and foliage in relief,
34.5cm (13½in) high. signed on the underside of the stool with chiselled characters Doraku.
20cm (7 7/8in) high.
£1,500 - 2,000
JPY230,000 - 300,000 £2,000 - 3,000
US$2,100 - 2,800 JPY300,000 - 450,000
US$2,800 - 4,200

The artist is recorded in Shoto Museum of Art, Nihon no zoge
bijutsu: Tokubetsuten: Meiji no zoge chokoku o chushin ni (History
of Japanese Ivory Carving: Gebori-Okimono and Shibayama of Meiji
Period), Tokyo, 1996, as being an ivory carver of merit. A model of a
bijin by the artist, is illustrated, ibid., p.125.

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