25th Apr, 2018 11:00
Chinese, Indian, Islamic & Japanese Art
944
A Japanese ivory okimono carved as a museulam oni pulling a bird
A Japanese ivory okimono carved as a museulam oni pulling a bird
late Meiji period
shaped two wheeled carriage upon which sits a figure of Benkei who supports a huge peach upon which Benkei's animal companions dressed as samurai contain a group of three oni sheltering within the hollowed fruit, on shaped base carved with symbolic objects of the shichifukujin, signed in Sosho , 12.5cm high
Sold for £850
Estimated at £150 - £200
A Japanese ivory okimono carved as a museulam oni pulling a bird
late Meiji period
shaped two wheeled carriage upon which sits a figure of Benkei who supports a huge peach upon which Benkei's animal companions dressed as samurai contain a group of three oni sheltering within the hollowed fruit, on shaped base carved with symbolic objects of the shichifukujin, signed in Sosho , 12.5cm high
Auction: Chinese, Indian, Islamic & Japanese Art, 25th Apr, 2018
Chinese, Indian, Islamic & Japanese Art
