LARGE JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF A SAMURAI, A LORD AND AN ATTENDANT,Meiji period. The samurai standing carrying a lord on his shoulders, an attendant kneeling at his feet holding arrows wearing a kimono carved with bird motif, the lord kimon, with a floral decoration - 15 3/4 in. high. Estimate $3,000-5,000
PROVENANCE: Estate of Susan Brandeis Gilbert, daugher of Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis, NY. Acquired at Parke-Bernet, New York in the 1930s.
General good condition except for two finials missing on headdress and tip of raised hand wrapped in cloth. Several age cracks
