Lot 888
  • 888

An ivory okimono of the Clam's dream and three ivory boxes and covers, Meiji period

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description

  • the boxes, each approx., 9.5cm., 3 3/4 in., the clam, 12.2cm., 4 3/4 in.
the first partially open to reveal fishermen engaged in various occupations on the banks of a stream beneath pine trees, signed Shizunobu; the three boxes of conventional form, two carved in low relief with prowling tigers and lions, the third carved with a profusion of flowers, unsigned