Lot 319 , A Japanese ivory netsuke and two similar okimono

A Japanese ivory netsuke and two similar okimono, Meiji period, the netsuke carved as an elderly man holding a guinea pig? with two boys reaching for the animal, lacking seal to base, 5.5cm, the first okimono of a woman playing with two cats, 5cm and the last of a man selling ivory carvings, 4.5cm
Estimate £250-350

The netsuke is lacking the seal to the base and there is a very light chip on the top rim of the mans hat on his back, there is a natural fault in the ivory which has been plugged on his hat and over carved
The okimono of a woman playing with cats - she has losses to all of her fingers and thumb on her right hand, there are cracks to the ivory across her head, left wrist and the bag she is carrying, there is a chip to three toes on her left foot.
Okimono of man selling ivory carvings has a chip loss to an object he is holding in his right hand and the ivory generally grubby, there is a loss of an object between his left foot and the box by his knee.


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Sold for £260