Two ivory figural okimono
19th/20th century
(2)
Estimate $1,000 – $1,500
PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, QUEENSLAND
the first of a maiden gathering mushrooms in a basket, her right hand raised pinning a flower in her hair, signed on a red tablet Koreyama; the second of a fisherman holding a long harpoon and wearing a large straw hat, with a red tablet reading Masanobu
(2)
each 19 cm high
- Lot Sold $1,700 (Hammer Price)
- $2,074 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)
Condition Report
The lady - a crack down the right side of her hair to the right shoulder and another hairline down the front of her robe to just below the waist. Three fine cracks on the reverse and on the upper surface of the base. The man - a small plug in the upper surface at the centre of the base
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