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Auction House:
Bonhams
Number of lots recorded:26
Lots with images:26
Prices available:26
Category:
Okimono
LotDescriptionPriceImage
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of an elderly man, late Meiji, with coloured pantaloons holding a rake, seal mark. Height 23 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a fisherman, late Meiji period holding a harpoon, engraved to robe and scarf cap, his hand to his mouth as if shouting, seal mark. Height 17 cm ***
*** Two Japanese realistic coloured ivory okimono of apples, lateMeiji periodone with peel suspended down the side and brown patches of bruising. Height 7 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a noblewoman and two child attendants, late Meiji, she with coloured flowing hair, a coral set headdress and robes set with shell, a vase with a flower on a table by her feet, and the children holding baskets and a vase, signed… ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of Hotei (the God of Happiness), late Meiji period in coloured robe holding a sack over his shoulder, seal mark. Height 12 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of an entertainer, late Meiji, with a dog at his feet and two monkeys clambering over a piece of fruit in his hand, a drum in the other, signed. Height 21 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a basket maker, late Meiji, in tinted robe kneeling amongst cane baskets, seal mark. Height 10 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a fisherman, late Meiji period in decorated robe holding a large fish in a cane basket over his shoulder, seal mark. Height 18 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a farmer, late Meiji period wearing a large cane hat and apron, holding a rake and a scoop and basket over his shoulder, seal mark. Height 22 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a Sumo wrestler 20th century, crouched in a combative stance, signed. Height 7.5 cm ***
*** Two Japanese ivory okimono, late Meiji, one of two acrobats, one holding a fan supported by his partner, signed, high; and a deity with child holding aloft a dragon emerging from a pot and a scroll of scripture, signed. Height 18 cm and. Height 17 cm… ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a man, late Meiji, with coloured robe holding a boy feeding a rabbit in a basket, seal mark. Height 12 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a jolly fisherman, late Meiji, with finely textured and tinted robe and basket on his obi, holding rod upright with a line attached to a fish in waves by his feet, signed. Height 18 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a fisherman, late Meiji period in decorated robe and grass apron, holding a basket of fish and abalone on his shoulders, and an oar, a fish and shell fallen onto the oval base, signed. Height 20 cm ***
*** A Japanese stained ivory okimono of a branch of apples, Meiji to Taisho period, incised mark, 19 cm long. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a man, late Meiji, blowing a conch shell, wearing a grass apron and standing on a rocky base with coral. Height 19 cm ***
*** A collection of Japanese okimono, comprising an ivory farmer, a lampshade maker (both with losses), two figures with flowers, a sage and another composition group of a sage and child ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of monkey trainer, late Meiji period in a decorated robe with a monkey on his back, holding a perssimon branch and a stick, seal mark. Height 19 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a man 20th century, in tinted clothing in a rope cage, signed. Height 8 cm ***
*** Two Japanese realistic coloured ivory okimono of fruit, late Meiji period, a lemon, 9 cm long, and an apple cut in half showing core and pips. Length 10 cm ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of Hotei 20th century, in tinted robe decorated with butterflies, a head emerging from his belly, signed, 10 cm ***
*** Two Japanese carved okimono, Meiji period, one of a flower merchant with a small boy with incised mark kyokusei, and the other of two fighting toads, Flower merchant: 8 cm wide (2). Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of a wood chopper, Meiji to Taiso period, incised Toshifumi. 19.5 cm wide. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Japanese stained ivory okimono of a branch of persimmon, Meiji period, incised mark to the 'branch', branch: 32 cm long. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono group of chomin (townspeople), late Meiji period of a man sanding and holding a fan with three characters at his feet, one carving a Noh mask, one sharpening a blade and one with a pipe, the woman carrying a rattle inscribed 'Hino… ***
*** A Japanese ivory okimono of awaiting servants, Meiji to Taiso period, incised mark bunyuu, 21 cm wide. Provenance: NSW Private Collection ***