A FINE AND RARE IVORY OKIMONO OF A SAMURAI AND HIS SON By Shunmei, the samurai wearing armour with a quiver of arrows over his back and holding a biwa and plectrum, his son seated beside him playing a flute, the details finely engraved, signed Nihon Tokyo Shimamura Toshiro Shunmei Kin-koko, 19th century, accompanied by a wood stand decorated in gold hiramakie

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A FINE AND RARE IVORY OKIMONO OF A SAMURAI AND HIS SON By Shunmei, the samurai wearing armour with a quiver of arrows over his back and holding a biwa and plectrum, his son seated beside him playing a flute, the details finely engraved, signed Nihon Tokyo Shimamura Toshiro Shunmei Kin-koko, 19th century, accompanied by a wood stand decorated in gold hiramakie
20.8cm. high, overall 30cm. high

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Shimamura Shunmei (1853-1896) was born in Asakusa in Edo and specialized in wood and ivory carvings. His works were exhibited and won prizes at the Chicago World Fair of 1893 and the Domestic Industrial Exposition in Tokyo.

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