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342Y Ф
TWO IVORY OKIMONO FIGURES
One by Shinzan and one by Seigyoku, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
One of a woman standing barefoot, carrying around her right hip a
basket filled with tea leaves, another full basket lying at her feet, signed
on the base Shinzan within an elaborate taselled rectangular reserve,
20.2cm (8in) high; the second of a young peasant woman standing
and balancing her baby son on her knee and holding a hat brimming
over with grapes and vine in the other, signed on the base with carved
characters Seigyoku to; 17cm (6 5/8in) high. (2).

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

343Y Ф
THREE IVORY OKIMONO GROUPS WITH MONKEYS
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The first of Raiden, his drums strapped to his back and playing with
a monkey crouching at his feet, pulling his scarf, unsigned, 11.7cm
(4 5/8in) high; the second a group of four monkeys, the adult holding
a fruiting branch tantalizingly out of reach from the three smaller
monkeys, unsigned, 9cm (3½in); the third a peasant carrying around
his neck a basket of persimmons and grappling with three monkeys
attempting to grab their share, signed on the base Yoshio, 11.5cm
(4½in) high. (3).

£1,000 - 1,500 345
JPY140,000 - 210,000
US$1,200 - 1,900

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