Strauss & co - 6 March 2017, Cape Town

117 304 A Japanese ivory okimono of two young boys, Meiji period (1868-1912) one standing holding a fan carved with the image of a bijin in his right hand, his young companion on his back, each pointing to the sky with their left hands, damage to the young boy’s collar, 9cm high R –  * This lot is not suitable for export. 305 A Japanese ivory figural group, Meiji period (1868-1912) carved in Dragon Festival attire, the dancing figure with raised right leg, peeping from behind an open dragon mask, a bag at his left ankle, a small boy playing a drum concealed in the folds of his cloak, signed in a red- lacquer reserve, 15,3cm high R –  * This lot is not suitable for export. 306 A Japanese ivory netsuke of a rat catcher, Meiji period (1868-1912) carved with a kneeling figure naked to the waist, his hands resting on a trap, his head turned to the left with mouth agape as a rat crawls over his left shoulder, signed, 3,3cm high; and another, of a fisherman attempting to open a clam, signed, 2cm high (2) R –  * This lot is not suitable for export. 304 305 306