JAPANESE IVORY OKIMONO OF FISHERMAN AND STAND,Meiji period, signed. Seated on high stand imitating wood and hanging basket, holding pipe, wearing large hat - 9 in. high. Estimate $600-800
PROVENANCE: Estate of Howard V. and Marcine Rose, Los Angeles, CA. Acquired in 1960s
The bamboo-form fishing stick is glued at the middle. Stretchers have small pieces chipped and missing, the pipe is glued to his hand