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AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE AN IVORY OKIMONO OF A FISHERMAN TWO WOOD AND IVORY OKIMONO
OF A FISHERMAN By Haruyoshi, Meiji era (1868-1912), FIGURES
By Seishi, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century Standing in waraji (straw sandals), wearing a late 19th/early 20th century
Standing barefoot, wearing a straw apron and grass skirt and carrying over his right shoulder The first a woodsman seated at rest on a large
holding in one hand three shallow rectangular a long oar (detachable) suspended with a rotten fallen tree trunk, looking to the right as
baskets piled on top each other containing rattan basket filled with shellfish; signed on a monkey with a persimmon fruit hides in the
hollowed wood, holding a pipe with one hand
fish, two falling over the sides; signed on the the base with chiselled characters Haruyoshi/ and a tobacco pouch with the other, a large
base in a carved red-lacquer reserve Seishi. Biryo. 22cm (8 5/8in) high. (2). felling axe at his side, signed beneath Ryuun,
22cm (8 5/8in) high. 24.6cm (9 3/4in) wide; the second a mask
£800 - 1,200 maker seated cross-legged, leaning against
£800 - 1,200 JPY120,000 - 180,000 a cabinet and smiling at the Okame mask
JPY120,000 - 180,000 US$1,100 - 1,700 he holds with one hand, unsigned, 9.5cm (3
US$1,100 - 1,700 3/4in) wide. (2).
£1,200 - 1,800
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,700 - 2,500
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