A Meiji period Okimono carved ivory of happy gentleman

A GOOD QUALITY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY OKIMONO, carved in the form of a farmer and child with baskets of fruit, 3.3in high. John Nicholsons Auctioneers do not ship items containing ivory to the US

A SMALL GOOD QUALITY SIGNED JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY OKIMONO, carved in the form of a priest attending to the hair of a kneeling and praying oni, the reverse with an engraved signature in a shaped

A JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO OF A GROUP OF FISH, unsigned, of various varieties overlapping and intertwined, a crab to one side, their eyes inlaid in mother-of-pearl, 4.75in wide & 2in

A JAPANESE CARVED IVORY OKIMONO, MEIJI PERIOD. Depicting a farm worker with basket of gourds. Finely carved and with a robe incised with detailed patterns. Some minor losses. Inlaid red coral signatur

A 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO modelled as a leaping fish. 17 cm high.

A 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO shibayama inlaid with jewels, modelled holding a floral sprig. Ivory 8.5ins high.

A GOOD QUALITY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO OF TWO KAPPA TOADS, fighting together upon and within a rock outcrop, the outcrop surmounted by a crab grasping at a Kappa’s foot, the front

A LARGE SIGNED JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO OF A MONKEY TRAINER, in the company of a boy, the man climbing a portable ladder, the carving surmounted by a hawk holding the jacket of the u

A FINE 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO modelled as various figures, including a scholar and an archer. 5.5 cm x 5 cm.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO together with two other small ivory okimono. Largest 2.75ins high. (3)

A LARGE 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO modelled upon a naturalistic base. 27 m high.

TWO 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO together with a jade style buddha. Largest 7.5 cm high. (3)

A LATE 19TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO modelled holding aloft a Buddhistic deity. 23 cm high.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO depicting a male holding a basket. 4.75ins high.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO depicting three males in various pursuits. 5Ins high.

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD CARVED IVORY OKIMONO depicting a male and child upon a stump. 5.5ins high.

A GROUP OF SIX JAPANESE CARVED IVORY OKIMONOS, MEIJI PERIOD. Comprising a figure of a man with young boy, artist with basket of fruit, bundle of rats, a seated man, a pair of sumos, and a hatchling.

Lot of 3 mid to late 19th C. Meiji period Japanese carved ivory Okimono includes: 2" (height) x 3 3/4" (length) x 1 3/4" (width) Craftsman woodworker with wood plane; artist signed 2 1/2" (height) x 3

Lot of 2 mid to late 19th C. Meiji period Japanese carved ivory Okimono figural groups sizes includes: 1 1/2" (height) x 3 1/2" (length) x 1 3/4" (width) & artist signed 2" (height) & 2 1/2" (length)

A LARGE FINE QUALITY JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY OKIMONO OF FUKUROKUJU BY SEIZAN, together with a fitted wood stand, the single piece ivory weighing 3.14Kg, the ivory finely carved and pierced, the de

**First Time At Auction** East Asia, Japan, Meiji period, ca. 19th to early 20th century CE. A hand carved elephant ivory okimono figurine of Daikokuten (Daikoku), one of the Seven Lucky Gods, holding

Of a bird with bronze feet mounted to a natural wood base. Meiji period, 19th C. W 12.7 cm. (5 in.)

A GOOD JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY OKIMONO OF A STREET ENTERTAINER, elaborately carved, the standing man in the company of two boys, monkeys and a banner-bearing rat, 10.1in high. John Nicholsons Auct

A FINE QUALITY SIGNED JAPANESE MEIJI PERIOD IVORY OKIMONO OF A WOODCUTTER, together with a carved wood stand inlaid with an English presentation silver metal plaque, the man carrying a bundle of stick