9th Dec, 2020 9:30
The December Sale | Fine Art, Antiques & Jewellery
A Japanese carved ivory tusk, Meiji period, circa 1890/1900, imaginatively carved as a flock of quail feasting upon millet and entwined in its stems, the quail picked out in black, the three feet formed as two quail and millet, with two loose quail on millet, 36.5cm
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Condition Report
Previously mounted as a table lamp, a pierced hole in the side, remnants of glued to the top. some losses to stems but not excessive. A 6cm age split near the base.
A Japanese carved ivory tusk, Meiji period, circa 1890/1900, imaginatively carved as a flock of quail feasting upon millet and entwined in its stems, the quail picked out in black, the three feet formed as two quail and millet, with two loose quail on millet, 36.5cm
