Lot Essay
Illustrated in A Japanese Collection made by Michael Tomkinson (London 1898), Vol. 1, pl. no. Iv. 105
Details
AN IVORY OKIMONO OF A COURTESAN READING A SCROLL
SIGNED SHUGYOKU, 19TH CENTURY
Standing in her finery, a girl holding a letter box seated beside her, the robe and sash engraved in high and low relief and stained light grey
22cm. high
SIGNED SHUGYOKU, 19TH CENTURY
Standing in her finery, a girl holding a letter box seated beside her, the robe and sash engraved in high and low relief and stained light grey
22cm. high
Provenance
Tomkinson Collection no. 105.