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132 IVORY OKIMONO FIGURES
Property from an English
133 Private Collection
80 | BONHAMS (Lots 132-142)

132 Y Ф
AN IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE GROUP OF
A BONSAI CULTIVATOR AND CLIENT
By Shugyoku, Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The former seated on a tree stump, holding
out one of his bonsai trees while conversing
with his elderly customer standing at the side,
another miniature tree on a stump at their feet;
signed Shugyoku. 20.5cm (8¼in) high.

£1,000 - 1,500
JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000

133 Y Ф
TWO IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE GROUPS
Meiji era (1868-1912),
late 19th/early 20th century
The first a fisherman seated on the shore
beside a large anchor from which is
suspended a basket of fish, a small boy
climbing on the shaft of the anchor, reaching
down to grasp a small crab on the fisherman’s
head, signed on a red-lacquer tablet Joho,
16.5cm (6½in) high; the second a hunter
holding a captured rabbit aloft with one hand
and his long gun with the other, signed Seido,
16cm (6¼in) high. (2).

£1,200 - 1,800
JPY180,000 - 270,000
US$1,600 - 2,400

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