MEIJI PERIOD, SIGNED EISHIN
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A large ivory figure of a Basket Seller,
Meiji period, signed Eishin
Standing wearing a patterned kimono and string sandles, his numerous baskets and drums hanging from a bamboo pole held over his right shoulder, the drums and hats inlaid in coloured ivory and mother-of-pearl, the bamboo ground base inlaid and carved on the reverse with Buddhistic symbols around the sealmark (some damages)
33.5cm. high
Meiji period, signed Eishin
Standing wearing a patterned kimono and string sandles, his numerous baskets and drums hanging from a bamboo pole held over his right shoulder, the drums and hats inlaid in coloured ivory and mother-of-pearl, the bamboo ground base inlaid and carved on the reverse with Buddhistic symbols around the sealmark (some damages)
33.5cm. high