28th May, 2022 9:30 GMT/BST
Antiques & Interiors
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A Japanese Meiji period carved ivory okimono, formed as a seated mother and child, the mother sewing and her child reading from a book, signed an profusely carved to the underside, raised on a hardwood base, together with a further ivory group of a fisherman and children, signed (2)
Sold for £220
Mother and Child without base - 9cm by 6.5cm by 7cm, numerous age related cracks, the other group 6.5cm by 4cm by 8cm , also with age related cracks
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Auction: Antiques & Interiors, 28th May, 2022
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