Strauss & co - 7 October 2019, Cape Town

178 A Japanese ivory okimono goose carer, Meiji period, 1868-1912 the robed figure with pained expression, his left arm holding an egg-filled basket, his right hand poised for deflection, his right leg raised, wearing waraji , a goose to his right pecking at his robe, two further smaller geese to his left observing, with a food basket to the centre, on a textured base, chips, losses, signed in oval reserve, 10,4cm high R5 000 - 7 000 *This lot is not suitable for export 179 A Japanese ivory okimono figural group, Meiji period, 1868-1912 the standing robed figure with a cowl over his head and delighted expression, his right hand holding an open fan, an oni on his left shoulder, his left hand resting on the back of a chair with toori akuma standing in fighting stance, his sword raised in his right hand above his head, a further oni crouched on a shelf stretcher with a drawer below, a small boy clutching his right leg with his left arm and holding the leg of the chair with his right, wearing waraji , chip, apparently unsigned, 13,3cm high R8 000 - 10 000 *This lot is not suitable for export 180 A Japanese ivory and inlaid okimono of the takarabune, Meiji period, 1868-1912 the seven gods of good fortune seated and standing on the open deck, the hull headed by a ho-ho figurehead inlaid with hard stones, the full sail with a character mark, the mast surmounted by a peach finial, the hull carved with the wings of the bird and simulating wooden planks and crashing waves, lacking four hard stones, one figure loose, minor chips, 16cm high R9 000 - 12 000 *This lot is not suitable for export 181 A Japanese ivory figure of fisherman and a small boy, Meiji period, 1868-1912 the standing figure leaning to his right, handling a net with both hands releasing his catch, a basket filled with fish attached to his left hip, a small boy to his left side clutching a fish in his right hand and holding the net with his left, with upturned face, on an oval stylised base with two tree stumps and fish, signed, 19cm high R9 000 - 12 000 *This lot is not suitable for export 182 A Japanese ivory okimono of a turtle keeper, Meiji period, 1868-1912 seated on a mat, supporting his chin in his right hand leaning on a stump, his left arm resting on his knee holding the toggle of a tabakoire , observing a turtle, kame , on a basket, signed in a red lacquer reserve, 7,8cm high ; and a Japanese ivory figure of a turtle keeper, Meiji period, 1868-1912, standing, gazing at a turtle, kame , resting in his right hand, his left hand offering the turtle a bowl of food, on a shaped oval base, signed, 18,9cm high (2) R15 000 - 20 000 *This lot is not suitable for export 178 179 180 181 182 55