Japanese Ivory Lobster Okimono

naturalistically carved and fully articulated, the eyes stained, signed in a red oval seal ‘Nankai’, with custom made box

Measurements:

length 44 cm

Provenance:

The Collection of a Gentleman, Sydney

Labels:

Cf. for comparison an almost identical lobster illustrated in the Shoto Museum of Art, Exhibition Catalogue, The History of Ivory Carvings, Tokyo, 1996, p.119

• EStimate $3,000 - $5,000
• sold $3,600 Incl BP