Page 100 - Japanese Art Nov 9 2017 London

OTHER OKIMONO
BIRDS, FISH, FLOWERS AND FRUITS
Various Properties

170 Y Ф
AN IVORY OKIMONO OF A PARAKEET
By Yoshikane, Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The bird naturalistically carved perched with one foot raised and clutching
a branch, its head lowered, its eyes double-inlaid with shell and dark
pupils, on a detachable wood stand carved as a gnarled tree applied with
two ivory frogs (one detached); signed on the bird’s tail Yoshikane.
The bird: 19cm (7½in) high; the stand: 30.2cm x 22.5cm
(11 7/8in x 8 13/16in). (3).

£3,000 - 4,000
JPY440,000 - 590,000
US$4,000 - 5,300

171 Y Ф
TWO SMALL IVORY OKIMONO GROUPS
170 Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The first two fishermen and a boy trying to restrain a huge leaping
carp, delicately rendered and with inlaid eyes, signed Seizan, 8cm
(3 1/8in) high; the second a fanciful group of numerous rats
manipulating a wheeled mikoshi festival shrine, signed Masao
with a kao, 7.3cm (2 7/8in) high. (2).

£800 - 1,000
JPY120,000 - 150,000
US$1,100 - 1,300

171 For details of the charges payable in addition to the final Hammer Price of each Lot
98 | BONHAMS please refer to paragraphs 7 & 8 of the Notice to Bidders at the back of the catalogue.