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A Japanese ivory okimono of a Grandmother and child, signed Kano, 19th Century
the elderly lady carved leaning over supporting the small boy as he tentatively learns to walk in geta sandals, the young child looking back in amusement as a sweeping brush gets caught under foot, both dressed in incised robes with scattered roundel decoration, the boy with a pillow tied to his back to prevent any painful mishaps, standing on an irregular oval base, a basket of vegetables and sweeping pan to their feet, red lacquer signature tablet to base -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high
the elderly lady carved leaning over supporting the small boy as he tentatively learns to walk in geta sandals, the young child looking back in amusement as a sweeping brush gets caught under foot, both dressed in incised robes with scattered roundel decoration, the boy with a pillow tied to his back to prevent any painful mishaps, standing on an irregular oval base, a basket of vegetables and sweeping pan to their feet, red lacquer signature tablet to base -- 5in. (12.7cm.) high
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