An ivory okimono of a young bride. Early 20th century

An ivory okimono of a young bride. Early 20th century

Standing in a beautiful kimono and wearing a wide obi, in both hands a closed folding fan. Signed Muneyuki on an inlaid red tablet.
Height 20.3 cm

Provenance

Collection G. S. Mottershead (1995-1978), Upton-by-Chester, Cheshire, England, No. 117 (paper label), possibly acquired in Japan in the late 1960s
Private collection, Belgium, acquired at Sotheby's Belgravia, London, 8.3.1979, lot 117