8th Dec, 2021 10:00

The Fine Sale

 
Lot 77
 

77

A Japanese carved ivory rat and chick okimono, late Meiji Period, circa 1900

the rat sits over an egg from which a chick emerges, 4.3cm high; another as a walking rat, 2.6cm high; and an ivory and tortoiseshell mounted hairy tailed minogame, circa 1900, 11.5cm long

Provenance:
The Livingston Collection

Sold for £650


Condition Report

rat and chick: one claw nailmissing from each rear foot. drying crack in chicks beak.

single rat: drying cracks some regluing of legs and tail.

Minogame: tiny chip at very tip of tail. small chip off the edge of the carapace.

 

Auction: The Fine Sale, 8th Dec, 2021

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