A Japanese ivory group of a man with one foot leaning on a basket, holding a pipe in one hand and a staff in the other, his hair and beard stained black, a small boy holding a fish standing beside him -- 5¾in.high; and a sectional ivory carving of a standing farmer holding a mattock in one hand and a basket slung over his shoulder -- 6in.high, signed on red lacquer rectangular reserve. (2)

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A Japanese ivory group of a man with one foot leaning on a basket, holding a pipe in one hand and a staff in the other, his hair and beard stained black, a small boy holding a fish standing beside him -- 5¾in.high; and a sectional ivory carving of a standing farmer holding a mattock in one hand and a basket slung over his shoulder -- 6in.high, signed on red lacquer rectangular reserve. (2)

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