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A Japanese Meiji- / Taishô-period ivory okimono, H 36,2 cm - weight c. 1.275 g.

Depicting an old countryman and a child, bearing a donkey foal, with black stained engraving, signed

  • Condition: - apart from the remarks below, in our opinion, the item is in acceptable to good condition
    - the usual and minor cracks inherent to the material
    - due to the shrinkage, the material cracked and as a result, a gap occurred in the part situated at the rock below and the heel of the child
    - the back of the foal seems to have a crack which is in reality the nerve path
    - the hand of the child was originally sculpted as a spare part and (later quite clumsily) glued
    - the signature plaque is broken and a part of it is missing
    - could, in our opinion, well be walrus ivory

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