Important South African and International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery
Live Auction, 15 October 2018
Decorative Arts
About this Item
A Japanese ivory okimono of a parasol seller, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
the cross-legged seated figure resting his left hand on his knee holding a parasol with three further parasols below, his box of tools to the right and his purse to the foreground, wearing finely engraved and stained robes, his instrument missing from his right hand, signed in a red lacquer reserve, paper label, 5cm high
*This lot is not suitable for export
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