Lot 273
IVORY OKIMONO OF GO PLAYERS Y
SIGNED GYOKUSHI, MEIJI PERIOD
Auction: 13 September 2017 at 11:00 BST
£750
Description
carved on a lobed base with two seated figures engaged playing Go, a third figure standing and watching the game, their facial features rendered with great delicacy, a tea tray and an opened book at the side of the chess board, 17cm wide; together with an IVORY OKIMONO OF A FISHERMAN WITH CHILD, 24cm high; and an IVORY OKIMONO OF TWO FIGURES PLAYING WITH A KOI, 22cm high (3)