Decorative Arts, Furniture and Jewellery

Live Virtual Auction, 4 - 5 April 2022

Asian Art

Sold for

ZAR 9 380
Lot 100
  • A Japanese ivory box by Tomioka, Mejii period, 1868-1912


Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 8 000 - 10 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 9 380
Auction Catalogue

About this Item

A Japanese ivory box by Tomioka, Mejii period, 1868-1912
rectangular, the cover carved with a female monkey and her infants feeding on berries and persimmons from a straw basket, signed four-character Tomioka mark, some damage, 21cm wide

*This lot is not suitable for export

Provenance

cf. Bonhams, London, 12 May 2011, lot 267.

Property of an Oriental Collector.



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