Important South African & International Art, Decorative Arts & Jewellery

Live Auction, 6 March 2017

English Silver, Furniture, Oriental and Cape Silver, Decorative Arts and Furniture

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ZAR 10 539
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  • A Japanese ivory figural group, Meiji period (1868-1912)
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ZAR 9 000 - 12 000
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ZAR 10 539

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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 dragon mask, a bag at his left ankle, a small boy playing a drum concealed in the folds of his cloak, signed in a red-lacquer reserve, 15,3cm high

* This item is not suitable for export.

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