Two ivory figure okimono
Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first of Gama Sennin, clutching a gnarled cane attached with a gourd in one hand and holding a small frog in the other, two wrestling frogs beneath his raised right foot, another two clambering within the folds of his gaping robe, signed on the base Tamiyuki/Minshi in a red-lacquer reserve, 21cm (8?in) high; the second of a gardener bending over with a scythe in one hand and carrying on his back a basket brimming over with stalks of chrysanthemums, signed on the base Gyokushu within a red-lacquer reserve; 13.5cm (5?in) high. (2).