Strauss & co - 16 October 2017, Cape Town

72 192 A Japanese ivory okimono of a fish pedlar, Meiji period (1868-1912) the kneeling figure holding a knife in his right hand and securing a fish to his chopping board with his left hand, a basket of fish to his left and a small crouching boy to his right pointing towards a crab, thumb missing and knife repaired, signed in a red-lacquer reserve, 9,5cm high R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 193 A Japanese ivory okimono, Meiji period (1868-1912) carved as a fisherman wearing a straw hat standing before waves and casting his nets, signed and heightened with red, 20,5cm high R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 194 A Japanese ivory okimono of a fisherman, Meiji period (1868-1912) the laughing figure standing on a rock, prising a fish from the beak of his cormorant perched on an overturned basket of fish, raised on an oval base, signed in a rectangular reserve, 18cm high R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 195 Two Japanese ivory okimono, late Meiji period (1868-1912) the first carved as a seated mask-maker surrounded by his tools and holding a mask in his left hand, signed, damaged, repairs, 6,6cm high ; the second carved as a seated figure holding parchment, a brush in his mouth, damaged, repairs, 6,6cm high (2) R –  *This lot is not suitable for export. 192 193 194 195