Lot 796
  • 796

A RARE IVORY GROUP OF AN OX AND GOAT BY OTOMAN, HAKATA, 19TH CENTURY

Estimate
5,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Description

  • 4.2cm., 1 5/8 in.
the former recumbent, its head turned to the left as the goat clambers upon its back, the details delicately rendered and the ivory stained for effect, eyes inlaid, signed in a polished reserve Otoman  

Provenance

Purchased in these rooms, 27th June 1979, lot 155 

Catalogue Note

Illustrated on p.31