An ivory okimono of a monk and farmer , LATE MEIJI PERIOD | Christie's

Sale 2637

CHINESE AND JAPANESE CERAMICS AND WORKS OF ART

Amsterdam

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2 November 2004

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Lot 489

An ivory okimono of a monk and farmer

LATE MEIJI PERIOD

Price realised

EUR 717

Estimate

EUR 800 - EUR 1,200

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An ivory okimono of a monk and farmer
LATE MEIJI PERIOD
The seated monk wearing robes exposing the right shoulder and holding up the figure of Kannon on a lotus throne, some repair, 16.4 cm. high; and an ivory okimono of a farmer holding a standing child on his shoulders, restuck, 18 cm. high (2)
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