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Lot 158: Sold for £220 hammer

Estimate £100-£150

A Meiji period (1868-1912) Japanese carved ivory okimono of an elderly man wearing an black headscarf and trousers, holding a sheaf of corn and a staff with a pecking chick to the base, inset red lacquered signature plaque to base, height 16.5cm.

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Yellowing and surface dirt throughout Some areas of drying out to the ivory

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