Decorative Arts, Furniture and Jewellery
Live Virtual Auction, 19 - 21 September 2022
Asian Art
About the Sessionincluding Property of an Oriental Collector and The Property of the Estate Late Tiemen Groen
Lot Estimate
ZAR 7 000 - 9 000
About this Item
A Japanese ivory okimono of a fish pedlar, Meiji period, 1868-1912
the kneeling figure holding a knife in his right hand and securing a fish to his chopping board with his left hand, a basket of fish to his left and a small crouching boy to his right gesturing towards a crab, thumb missing and knife repaired, signed in a red-lacquer reserve, 9,5cm high
*This lot is not suitable for export
Provenance
Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 16 October 2017, lot 192.