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A Japanese sectional ivory group
modelled as a man seated on a seashore pointing out a crab emerging from rockwork to a young boy standing before him, a farmer watching on standing with a basket of vegetables on his back -- 6¾in. (17cm.) high, signed on a red lacquer tablet; and a further carving of a man being attacked by two monkeys -- 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high. (2)
modelled as a man seated on a seashore pointing out a crab emerging from rockwork to a young boy standing before him, a farmer watching on standing with a basket of vegetables on his back -- 6¾in. (17cm.) high, signed on a red lacquer tablet; and a further carving of a man being attacked by two monkeys -- 6¼in. (15.8cm.) high. (2)