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231 Y Ф 232 Y Ф
THREE IVORY FIGURE OKIMONO AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE Tokosai Tomotoshi is almost certainly
Meiji era (1868-1912), OF A PEASANT the same artist as Kato Tomotoshi who
late 19th/early 20th century By Hokoku, Meiji era (1868-1912), participated in and received a prize at the
Comprising: a poulterer seated and holding a late 19th/early 20th century second carving competition organised by
basket of fledglings, his young son standing Seated on a log, barefoot, his fingers in the Tokyo Chokokai (The Tokyo Carver’s
beside him, signed on a red-lacquer tablet a pouch attached to a portable ashtray, Association) in 1889.
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Ryusui, 12.7cm (5in) high, with integral pinching tobacco as he prepares to pack his
wood stand; the second a group of Daikoku pipe held in his left hand; signed on the base Notes:
standing on a bale of rice with a mallet, a rat Hokoku. 17cm (6 5/8in) high. 1. Shoto Museum of Art, Nihon no zoge
crawling on his head, a Chinese boy standing bijutsu: Tokubetsuten: Meiji no zoge chokoku
below, holding koban (oval gold coins) signed £1,000 - 1,500 o chushin ni (History of Japanese Ivory
in a carved red-lacquer reserve Shufu, JPY150,000 - 230,000 Carving: Gebori-Okimono and Shibayama of
19.5cm (7 5/8in); the third a puppeteer skilfully US$1,400 - 2,100 Meiji period), Tokyo, 1996, p.233.
manipulating a warrior puppet on top of a box
of props attached to a rope carried around his
neck, signed on the base Hozan, 233 Y Ф 234 Y Ф
22.7cm (9in) high. (4). A STAINED IVORY SEATED FIGURE AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE
OF A COOPER
OF A SCHOLAR By Doraku, Meiji era (1868-1912),
£1,200 - 1,800 By Tokosai Tomotoshi, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
JPY180,000 - 270,000 late 19th/early 20th century Seated cross-legged on a rush mat behind a
US$1,700 - 2,500 Seated on the ground with his legs crossed,
clad in typical Chinese robes and hat, wearing large inverted hallow staved cistern, a box of
a pair of round spectacles, both hands tools resting to his left, smoothing the surface
outstretched, pontificating; his garments of the wood with a plane, excess strips of
decorated with elaborate roundels with details wood scattered beside the implement; signed
added in sepia; signed on the base Tokosai on the base with a carved red-lacquer seal
Tomotoshi with a seal Tomotoshi. Doraku. 12.6cm x 12.6cm (5in x 5in).
12cm x 10.5cm (4¾in x 4 1/8in).
£1,500 - 2,500
£2,000 - 3,000 JPY230,000 - 380,000
JPY300,000 - 450,000 US$2,100 - 3,500
US$2,800 - 4,200 Illustrated on page 110.

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