Page 189 - Bonhams May 2017 London Fine Japanese Art

286 FINE JAPANESE ART | 187

286Y Ф
AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE GROUP OF TWO FISHERMEN
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising one fisherman wielding an oar and poised to strike
the large crab crawling over the enormous anchor, his companion
clutching another oar and holding over his shoulder a bamboo pole
suspended with a basket brimming over with fish on one side and a
pair of bamboo conical fish traps on the other, unsigned;
all fixed to a wood stand.
25.5cm x 27.5cm (10in x 10¾in).

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900
287Y Ф
AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE
OF THE CHINESE GODDESS OF THE MOON
By Akimitsu, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
Standing, wearing an elaborate headdress and her customary robe
engraved with phoenixes on the reverse and rabbits on the front
pounding elixirs with a pestle in mortars, scarves billowing around her,
holding a red-eyed rabbit in one hand and a tasselled-handle fan in the
other; signed on the base in a red-lacquer reserve Akimitsu.
27cm (10 5/8in) high.

£1,500 - 2,000
JPY210,000 - 280,000
US$1,900 - 2,500

287
For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.