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THREE IVORY AND ONE WALRUS-TUSK THREE IVORY OKIMONO FIGURES A LARGE IVORY OKIMONO FIGURE
OKIMONO FIGURES Meiji era (1868-1912), OF A WOODCUTTER
Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-1926) era, late 19th/early 20th century Attributed to Suzuki Nobuyuki, Meiji era
late 19th/early 20th century The first a man seated beside a brazier, (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The first of ivory, a scholar kneeling and holding a sake cup in front of a stand laden Constructed in two detachable sections,
leaning on a table as he studies an illustrated with dishes of food, signed on the base in a the old man seated and leaning against a
book, a small hibachi (brazier) at his feet, the red-lacquer reserve Shizuhiro, 5.7cm x 7.6cm rush mat wrapped with large bundles of tied
table bearing a pile of three books, a long (2¼in x 3in); the second a man and woman brushwood, clutching in his left hand an axe
pipe and a miniature sand garden, slight collecting shells at low tide, signed on the and a pipe in the other, a tobacco pouch and
details inlaid, signed on a red-lacquer tablet base with chiselled signature Shimamura with pipe case suspended from his belted tunic at
Ikkosai Seishu saku, 9.5cm x 9.2cm (3¾in x a seal, 6.5cm x 5.7cm (2½in x 2¼in); the third the back, signed on the base Nobuyuki on a
3 3/8in), with a wood stand; an ivory figure of a woman and her three children playing at the red-lacquer cartouche; with an unassociated
a fisherman holding his net with both hands, foot of a large statue of a Nio, signed Komin, separate gnarled wood stand.
13.3cm (5¼in) high; another holding an empty 7cm (2¾in) high. (3). The figure: 39.5cm (15½in) high; the
basket and net, 12.7cm (5in) high; a walrus brushwood: 13.5cm x 56.5cm (5¼in x 22¼in);
ivory carving of a sage and two boys, 10cm £1,000 - 1,500 the stand: 10cm x 57cm (4in x 22½in). (3).
(4in) high. (5). JPY150,000 - 220,000
US$1,300 - 2,000 £6,000 - 8,000
£1,200 - 1,800 JPY890,000 - 1,200,000
JPY180,000 - 270,000 US$7,900 - 11,000
US$1,600 - 2,400
88 | BONHAMS 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.
