Lot 481

JAPANESE LARGE IVORY AND BOXWOOD OKIMONO OF A FAMILY GROUP IN A BOAT

MEIJI PERIOD

Fine Asian Works of Art

Auction: 4 June 2014 at 11:00 BST

£2,750

Description

depicting four figures standing and sitting in a boat, their heads, hands and feet carved from ivory, one man with a monkey on his back, the woman with a basket of vegetables, the wood boat inset with red lacquer panels and a red laquer signature, the whole resting on a carved base simulating wave with an inscribed two character signature

Dimensions

48cm long, 26cm high

Footnote

Provenance:
The Symington Grieve Collection of Japanese Works of Art

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