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A LACQUER AND IVORY OKIMONO AND IVORY OKIMONO A WOOD AND IVORY OKIMONO OF A TEMPLE SERVANT
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century
The first a dancer stepping forward, her foot peeking from the hem of her Standing in waraji (straw sandals) and wearing an eboshi (courtier’s
richly decorated kimono, her kimono and obi decorated with hiramaki-e, hat), looking to his left, smiling, clutching an umbrella in one hand and
takamaki-e, togidashi maki-e, and Gyobu-nashiji and embellished with a lantern in the other, his kimono inlaid with assorted floral roundels
kirikane and shell inlay, holding a gilt metal fan in each hand, unsigned, in ivory and shell; affixed to a rectangular octagonal wood base
19.1cm (7½in) high; the second a farmer carrying tall bundles of wheat lacquered in gold hiramaki-e with foliate motifs; signed on the reverse
overhead, passing by the trunk of a cut tree, a pair of small birds resting Miyao tsukuru within a shell-inlaid rectangular reserve.
by the farmer’s feet, one pecking at a fallen straw while the other looks up 34.5cm (13½in) high.
at the farmer; signed Reishun, 19.8cm (7¾in). (2).
£6,000 - 8,000
£1,200 - 1,500 JPY910,000 - 1,200,000
JPY180,000 - 230,000 US$8,200 - 11,000
US$1,600 - 2,000

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