SIGNED MEIDO, MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY)

Details

A Fine Tokyo School Ivory Okimono [Sculptural Ornament]
Signed Meido, Meiji Period (late 19th century)
Carved as a woman with her two young children
40.5cm. high

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

For the artist see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists, and How to Read Their Signatures, (Honolulu, 1982), p.750, where Lazarnick notes that the artist exhibited some of his work at the Columbian Exhibition in the USA in 1893 and was an "expert carver in ivory".

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