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MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), WITH SIGNATURE SHUNYU SAKU
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An Ivory Figure**
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century), with Signature Shunyu Saku
Carved as a farmer leaning on an axe enticing a monkey and her young with a branch of peaches, another small monkey eating a peach at the feet of the farmer, carved at the back with another stalk of peaches encased in straw slung from a rope and with a wicker pouch at his waist, the cloak carved and stained to simulate animal fur
8.3/8in. (21.5cm.) high
Meiji Period (Late 19th Century), with Signature Shunyu Saku
Carved as a farmer leaning on an axe enticing a monkey and her young with a branch of peaches, another small monkey eating a peach at the feet of the farmer, carved at the back with another stalk of peaches encased in straw slung from a rope and with a wicker pouch at his waist, the cloak carved and stained to simulate animal fur
8.3/8in. (21.5cm.) high