MEIJI PERIOD, (LATE 19TH CENTURY)
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A GROUP OF JAPANESE IVORY ITEMS
meiji period, (late 19th century)
Comprising an articulated toy with acrobats; a covered vase, the exterior worked in low relief with figures in a garden playing games and musical instruments a mother carrying a child and a lantern over one shoulder; a farmer with a rabbit in a basket over one shoulder as a puppy plays at his feet; two netsuke of mice on a bushell of wheat
Mother and child 6 in. (15.2 cm). high (6)
meiji period, (late 19th century)
Comprising an articulated toy with acrobats; a covered vase, the exterior worked in low relief with figures in a garden playing games and musical instruments a mother carrying a child and a lantern over one shoulder; a farmer with a rabbit in a basket over one shoulder as a puppy plays at his feet; two netsuke of mice on a bushell of wheat
Mother and child 6 in. (15.2 cm). high (6)
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Please note this lot should read fourteen pieces.