Page 203 - Bonhams May 2017 London Fine Japanese Art

318Y Ф 319
FIVE IVORY OKIMONO ANIMALS
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Comprising: two trumpeting walking
elephants, each unsigned, each approx.
7.8cm x 11.5cm (3 1/8in x 4½in); the third of
a cockerel perched on a war drum and the
hen standing on the ground, fixed to an ivory
stand, their eyes inlaid in pale amber with dark
pupils, unsigned, 12.5cm x 9.3cm (4 7/8in x
3 5/8in); the fourth of a globular cluster of the
East-Asian zodiac animals, unsigned, 9.5cm
(3¾in) diam.; the fifth of a procession of eight
elephants, the largest at the front, unsigned,
39.5cm (15½in) long; with a separate wood
stand. (6).

£800 - 1,200
JPY110,000 - 170,000
US$990 - 1,500

319Y Ф
A TALL IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE
OF A PUPPETEER
By Gyokushu, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
Standing in straw sandals, holding a fan in
one hand and the other skilfully manipulating
a warrior puppet on top of a box of props
attached to a rope carried around his neck;
signed on the base in a red-lacquer square
reserve Gyokushu. 33.2cm (13in) high.

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

320Y Ф
AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE GROUP
OF A WOMAN AND CHILD
By Yoshida Doraku for the Maruki Company,
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The mother half-kneeling on a high stool,
hand-spinning thread from cocoons in a
pan of boiling water, turning to her young
daughter who is picking out more cocoons
to boil; signed on the base with a seal Nihon
koku Maruki sei and with chiselled characters
Doraku with a kao.
12.7cm x 10.2cm (5in x 4in).

£2,000 - 3,000
JPY280,000 - 410,000
US$2,500 - 3,700

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.

320 FINE JAPANESE ART | 201
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.