Jewellery and Oriental Works of Art
Online-Only Auction, 23 - 28 November 2022
Strauss & Co Cape Town is moving office.
Strauss & Co Cape Town is currently in the process of relocating to our new permanent office at Brickfield Canvas, Woodstock, Cape Town.
Lots will be in transit between spaces, should you wish to collect, bookings are essential at least 1 working day before you intend to collect.
Collections between 5 and 9 December: The Oval, 1st Floor Colinton House, 1 Oakdale Road, Newlands.
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Oriental Works of Art
About this Item
A Japanese ivory okimono of a geisha, Meiji period, 1868-1912
the barefooted dancing figure holding a fan in her left hand, with raised right knee, with smiling expression, her hair coiffed in a chignon, her flowing kimono finely carved with various blooms and cell-diaper pattern, lacking one thumb, 8,8cm high; and a Japanese ivory okimono of a drunken figure, Meiji period, 1868-1912, the barefooted jolly figure seated cross-legged holding a double gourd in his right hand pouring sake into a wine cup, his tunic and trousers finely carved with flowerhead and geometric patterns, with a basket to his right, chips, 6cm high
*This lot is not suitable for export
Provenance
The Property of an Oriental Collector.
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