A LARGE IVORY FIGURE GROUP

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A LARGE IVORY FIGURE GROUP
MEIJI PERIOD (circa 1900), SIGNED SHIBAYUKI

Modelled in the form of the legendary strong woman Takashima Oika balancing on her head a full barrel as a samurai behind her grimaces in pain, his right arm crushed between her right elbow and her side, both figures set on an tree-stump base--14¾in. (37.5cm.) high, hairline age cracks, glue residue on back of male figure