South African Art, Jewellery and Decorative Arts
Live Auction, 4 February 2013
Decorative Arts
Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 4 919
About this Item
A Japanese ivory figure of clam seller, Meiji Period (1868-1912)
the smiling figure seated beside a basket of clams, holding a bowl in his left hand and a double-gourd vessel in his right, signed possibly Gyokushin in a tsuishu-lacquer reserve, age cracks, 5cm high
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