MEIJI PERIOD (19TH/20TH CENTURY)
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A GROUP OF JAPANESE OKIMONO AND INRO
meiji period (19th/20th century)
Comprising: An ivory farmer with a child on one shoulder; a farmer with a monkey on one shoulder and a child beside him; a farmer smoking a pipe wth a basket of flowers on his back and carryng a hoe; a blue and white four case inro and netsuke, painted with a panel to either side with figures in a landscape and surrounded by a foliate background; a red lacquer four case inro with foo lion netsuke and ojime, worked with a foliate pattern in low relief; a lacquer four case inro with ivory figural netsuke, the inro worked witha bird perched on rockwork amid blossoming flowers, gold and silver hiramakie on a black ground
Largest okimono 9 in. (20.8 cm.) high (6)
meiji period (19th/20th century)
Comprising: An ivory farmer with a child on one shoulder; a farmer with a monkey on one shoulder and a child beside him; a farmer smoking a pipe wth a basket of flowers on his back and carryng a hoe; a blue and white four case inro and netsuke, painted with a panel to either side with figures in a landscape and surrounded by a foliate background; a red lacquer four case inro with foo lion netsuke and ojime, worked with a foliate pattern in low relief; a lacquer four case inro with ivory figural netsuke, the inro worked witha bird perched on rockwork amid blossoming flowers, gold and silver hiramakie on a black ground
Largest okimono 9 in. (20.8 cm.) high (6)