A Japanese Meiji-period ivory okimono, H 31,4 cm - weight c. 1.165 g.
A Japanese Meiji-period ivory okimono, H 31,4 cm - weight c. 1.165 g.
Depicting a (tobacco merchant? an Ainu inhabitant?) bearing a captive monkey, black stained engraving
Condition: - apart from the remarks below, the item in our opinion in an acceptable to good condition
- composed, as most of the genuine Meiji-period okimono, out of various parts
- we have the impression that some part(s) is (are) missing to a connection at the back of the man and the front of the bundled part of the monkey's feet
- central at the belt a hole which can be of a broken and missing part
- the usual minor cracks inherent to the material
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A Japanese Meiji-period ivory okimono, H 31,4 cm - weight c. 1.165 g.
Depicting a (tobacco merchant? an Ainu inhabitant?) bearing a captive monkey, black stained engraving
Condition: - apart from the remarks below, the item in our opinion in an acceptable to good condition
- composed, as most of the genuine Meiji-period okimono, out of various parts
- we have the impression that some part(s) is (are) missing to a connection at the back of the man and the front of the bundled part of the monkey's feet
- central at the belt a hole which can be of a broken and missing part
- the usual minor cracks inherent to the material
