Jewellery and Oriental Works of Art
Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022
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Oriental Works of Art
Lot Estimate
ZAR 6 000 - 8 000
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 boy crouching 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.
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