$8,295
Ivory Carvings, Japan, early 20th century, nine presentation pieces of ivory carvings from Taisho to Meiji Emperor as a gift, dated January in the 43rd year of Meiji reign (1910) on the wood box, nine figurines in total: an old man with a walking stick, a lady sitting on firewood bundle, a child holding a book, a mother carrying a child on her back, a man playing a drum, a boy playing a flute, a boy dancing with a dragon mask, a child reaching out, and a mother holding a child in her arms, each figure with a number in Japanese incised on the foot (except number five), wood presentation plate and custom box with partitions, ht. 4 3/4, 3 3/4, 3 1/4, 4 5/8, 4 3/4, 5, 5, 4 3/4, and 3 1/8 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-06-25
