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    Sale 7913

    ORIENTAL WORKS OF ART

    London, South Kensington

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    5 March 1998

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    Lot 2

    An ivory okimono of a fisherman

    Price realised

    GBP 437

    Estimate

    GBP 250 - GBP 400

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    An ivory okimono of a fisherman
    wearing a reed apron and a cap, pulling a net with one foot resting on a rock -- 5¼in. (13.3cm) high, wood stand, (minor losses); and another of a standing fruitpicker holding up a bunch of grapes standing on rockwork with a boy at his side -- 9¼in. (23.5cm) high, signed.
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