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A Tokyo school ivory group
depicting a standing female Immortal and attendant, the figures dressed elaborately in long robes incised with floral panels, the former wearing a headdress with a seated Buddha and further jewellery, holding a lotus spray with both hands and carrying a basket on her arm containing a fish, flowers and fruiting vine, the attendant holding a teapot in one hand and a lotus flower in the other and standing over a whisk -- 10½.in (26.7cm) high, signed Nobu (?) kiyo, wood stand.
See Colour Plate.
depicting a standing female Immortal and attendant, the figures dressed elaborately in long robes incised with floral panels, the former wearing a headdress with a seated Buddha and further jewellery, holding a lotus spray with both hands and carrying a basket on her arm containing a fish, flowers and fruiting vine, the attendant holding a teapot in one hand and a lotus flower in the other and standing over a whisk -- 10½.in (26.7cm) high, signed Nobu (?) kiyo, wood stand.
See Colour Plate.