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198 | SEIUN: AN IVORY
OKIMONO OF A
MAN WITH TODDLER
AND CHILD
By Seiun, signed Seiun
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

The man standing on the flat
semi-naturalistically carved base,
leaning on a bamboo cane and
carrying a toddler on his back with a
small children’s purse and reaching
towards his older brother standing
beside them, the boy holding
a rattle in his hand, their robes
all finely incised with foliate and
geometric designs, the boy’s further
butterflies, all with finely incised and
inked hair and faces showing joyful
expressions. The base decorated on
the underside with reishi fungi and
signed SEIUN within a rectangular
red-lacquered reserve.
HEIGHT 16.5 cm
Condition: Very good condition with
one small natural age crack to the
base and minor traces of wear.
Provenance: British collection.
Estimate EUR 2,000
Starting price EUR 1,000

199 | AN IVORY OKIMONO
OF TWO MEN
Signed by a member of the Okawa
school
Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

A scene of daily life, finely carved
and stained with one man standing
on the oval base sweeping the
ground, a pile of twigs and leaves
underneath him and a dust basket
in front of him, a second man
seated on the ground laughing
at the other, both wearing simple
robes with neatly incised patterns.
Signed to the base.
HEIGHT 15.8 cm

Condition: Very good condition with
traces of wear and some minor
natural hairlines due to age.
Provenance: British collection.
Estimate EUR 2,500
Starting price EUR 1,250

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