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341 (part lot) 341Y Ф
FIVE IVORY OKIMONO FIGURES, TWO IVORY OKIMONO
342 NETSUKE AND AN IVORY DRAGON
210 | BONHAMS One okimono netsuke, Edo period (1615-1868), late 18th century and
the rest Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
One of a lacquered wood and ivory fisherman, standing and clutching
in one hand a basket of fish and the other an oar, unsigned 23.5cm
(9¼in) high; the second of a servant holding a parasol, with details
on his robe applied in shell, unsigned, 18cm (7in) high; the third of a
monkey trainer, clutching a performing pole as the monkey clambers
over his shoulder, signed on the base Gyokuzan, 18.5cm (7¼in) high;
the fourth of a fisherman carrying over his left shoulder a shallow rattan
basket brimming over with fish, signed Kyotei, 18.5cm (7¼in) high;
the fifth of Handaka Sonja holding an alms bowl from which issues
a dragon, the signature plaque lacking on the base, 6.5cm (2½in)
high; the sixth of Shoki the Demon-Queller, lying on the top of a long
cabriole-legged Chinese stool as the demon hides beneath, unsigned,
6cm (2 3/8in) high; the seventh of Shoki standing over a mortar and
grabbing a repentant demon by his hand, signed Bizan, 5.1cm (2in)
high; the last probably Chinese, a miniature articulated ivory coiled
dragon (damaged), unsigned. (8).

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

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