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212  |  DOSAI: AN AMUSING IVORY NETSUKE
                           OF A BOY WITH A BROKEN BASKET
                           OF PERSIMMONS
                     By Dosai, signed Dosai
                     Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)


                     The boy with finely carved and neatly incised hair and robe, an
                     expression of joyful surprise on his face as he is holding up the
                     broken off rim of a basket, the rest of the basket having fallen and
                     spilling persimmons all over the ground. Note the attention to
                     detail in the carving as well as the fine quality of the staining. Signed
                     DOSAI to the underside.

                     HEIGHT 8.4 cm
                     Condition: Excellent condition with only few minor traces of wear.
                     Provenance: British collection.

                      AUCTION COMPARISON
                      Compare with a closely related
                      okimono by the same carver,
                      sold by Bonhams, Fine Asian
                      Works of Art, 21 November
                      2005, San Francisco, lot 9024
                      (sold for 3,525 USD).

                     Estimate EUR 1,500
                     Starting price EUR 750






                     213  |  SEIGYOKU: AN INLAID IVORY OKIMONO OF A
                           PRODUCE MERCHANT SURPRISED BY A SNAKE

                     By Seigyoku, signed Seigyoku
                     Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912)

                     The man wearing an elaborately decorated robe, inlaid in the
                     Shibayama style with coral, green-stained bone, and mother-of-
                     pearl, holding a knife in one hand and raising his other arm in shock
                     as he notices a snake rising from his basket filled with fruit and
                     vegetables. A turnip, pumpkin, pear, and peach lay on the ground in
                     front of him, along with a pair of chopsticks. All on an oval base with
                     four lobed feet inlaid with mother-of-pearl, signed SEIGYOKU within
                     a double-inlaid reserve of mother-of-pearl and red lacquer on the
                     underside.
                     Note the fine quality of the staining as well as the interesting use
                     of materials. A plugged nerve channel to the underside of the base
                     has been decorated with a viney branch.
                     HEIGHT 7.3 cm
                     Condition: Excellent condition with only few minor traces of wear.
                     Provenance: British collection.
                     Estimate EUR 1,200
                     Starting price EUR 600



















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