A Japanese marine ivory carving of snarling lions and monkeys clambering on each other's backs on rockwork -- 6½in.high, signed; a sectional ivory carving of a standing farmer holding a mattock, a basket of vines over his shoulder -- 5½in.high; and an ivory carving of a standing figure holding a fruiting branch -- 5¾in.high. (3)

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A Japanese marine ivory carving of snarling lions and monkeys clambering on each other's backs on rockwork -- 6½in.high, signed; a sectional ivory carving of a standing farmer holding a mattock, a basket of vines over his shoulder -- 5½in.high; and an ivory carving of a standing figure holding a fruiting branch -- 5¾in.high. (3)

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