A small Japanese ivory okimono of a peeled banana, 10.5 cm long, Meiji Period; a small ivory okimono or netsuke, carved as figures in 'The Clam's Dream', inscribed with two worn kanji, 5.5 cm wide, Meiji Period; and a small Chinese figure of The Daoist Shoulao, 9.5 cm high, to/w a porcupine quill box (4)
?Provenance: The Property of a Lady. From two Private Scottish Collections; the two ivories from the McCall Family in Ayrshire, and the figure of Shoulao from the McKenzie family in Nairn. All thought to have been acquired early during the 20th Century.
For a similar design of small figures carved within an open clam, also attributed to the Meiji era,? compare Sotheby's New Bond Street, Japanese Works of Art sale on 12.6.1986 [Lot? 248].
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