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 9 000 - 12 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 967
About this Item
A Japanese ivory figural group, Meiji period, 1868-1912
carved in Dragon Festival attire, the dancing figure with raised right leg, peeping from behind an open reticulated dragon mask, a bag at his left ankle, a small boy playing a drum concealed in the folds of his cloak, signed in a rectangular red-lacquer reserve, 15cm high
* This item is not suitable for export
Provenance
Strauss & Co, Cape Town, 6 March 2017, lot 305.
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