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IVORY OKIMONO FIGURES
Various Properties

194 Y Ф
FIVE IVORY OKIMONO
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising a figure group representing one of the Nijushi-
ko doji kagami (Twenty Four Paragons of Filial Piety
for Children) depicting Kakkyo (Chinese: Guo Ju) and
his wife unearthing a pot of gold in the hole they were
digging in order to bury their infant son, signed Kikusen,
7cm (2¾in) high; the second a humorous model of the
Shichifukujin (Seven Gods of Good Fortune) enacting a
daimyo procession, Hotei and Daikoku carrying Benten
in a palanquin over a drum bridge, signed on the base in
a carved red-lacquer seal Kazuaki, 5.5cm x 6cm (2 1/8in
x 2 3/8in); the third an okimono netsuke of Ebisu holding
a large tai fish over the head of a seated Daikoku leaning
194 (part lot) against his sack, signed Masatsugu, 5.1cm (2in) high; the
fourth Hotei giving a karako (Chinese boy) a piggy-back,
unsigned, 4.6cm (1 13/16in); the last Fukurokuju, holding
a tama on a tray and accompanied by two Chinese boys,
one playing a flute, signed on the base in a carved red-
lacquer reserve Kazumasa, 6.2cm (2 3/8in) high. (5).

£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,400

195 Y Ф
TWO IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE GROUPS
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The first a young woman seated on a stool, playing a
Chinese stringed instrument yueqin, her kimono engraved
with fans and foliage, signed in a carved red-lacquer
reserve Muneyasu, 11.5cm (4½in) high; the second a
cormorant fisherman, walking with a boy, holding his bird
on a line over his shoulder with one hand and a paddle
with the other, unsigned, 11.7cm (4 5/8in) high. (2).
£800 - 1,000
195 JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,400

196 Y Ф
TWO IVORY FIGURE OKIMONO GROUPS
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising an artist sitting cross-legged with paintbrush
in hand, startled by the miniature Otsu-e figures coming
to life from the handscroll he was painting, signed on the
base Hogyoku, 7.2cm (2 7/8in) high; the other consisting
of two travellers taking a rest outside a tea house, one
falling onto his backside as the bench tips over caused by
his companion abruptly standing up, signed on the base in
two rectangular reserves Okawa and Munenori in a carved
red-lacquer reserve, 6.6cm x 9cm (2½in x 3½in). (2).

£1,800 - 2,500
JPY270,000 - 380,000
US$2,500 - 3,500

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