FOUR ASIAN CARVED VESSELSChinese/Japanese,19th/early 20th century, comprising: carved wood snuff bottle, gourd form with relief carved branches and leaves, orange resin stopper/cap and bone spoon; carved and pierced...
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GROUP OF FIVE INLAID SNUFF BOXES, JAPANESESILVER SPOON...19th/early 20th century, comprising: five snuff boxes of rectangular form with wood, ivory, and stone geometric inlay, some with tortoiseshell accents, one...
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OLD IVORY CARVING OF JAPANESE ONIAntiqueivory carved Japanese ogre or demon, called an oni or yokai. Not typical subject matter for an ivory carving. Affixed to wood base. Measures 4-5/8" long. Meiji era, possibly...
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ASIAN: SHIBAYAMA ELEPHANT IVORY TUSK,JAPANESE, MEIJI PERIOD, CARVED AND DECORATED WITH INSET MOTHER OF PEARL, HARDSTONE, ETC., OBVERSE WITH PAIR OF BIRDS SITTING ON BRANCH NEXT TO STRAW BASKET IN RELIEF WITH...
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Bronze Elephant and Tiger Group Japanese,late 19th/early 20th century, two tigers attacking an elephant, ivory tusks on elephant, glass eyes in tiger, three-character mark stamped on elephant's belly, with wooden...
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Fine Japanese okimono of a wasp's nestearly 19th century Typical wasp's nest form, hollowed and enhanced wood nest, enclosing three free-moving elephant ivory grubs, and five sedentary elephant ivory grubs, enclosed...
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Fine Japanese elephant ivory, coral,and mother-of-pearl inlaid helmet and Beshimi mask study signed, 19th century The helmet of Namboku-cho style inset with coral and mother-of-pearl, over a wood plank,...
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Japanese elephant ivory and wood snuffbottle and ivory netsuke both signed, 19th century The seated musician wood and ivory snuff bottle is worked holding a string instrument, together with a ivory netsuke...
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Japanese elephant ivory okimono redtablet to base, 20th century Of heavy single section carving, well worked to show scholar and deer, polychrome decoration to body, wood base. Ivory H: 7 in. ...
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Two Japanese carvings: ivory netsukeof two lohans, one standing and holding a lidded bowl, the other seated and holding a lotus plant, other objects beneath him, 1-5/8 x 1-1/8 x 7/8 in.; wood carving of seven...
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Two Japanese elephant ivory bird groupingsWorked to show two pairs of carved long-tails over wood stands, mother-of-pearl inlaid eyes. L: 11 in. PROVENANCE: The Estate of Aaron and Claire Gold, Elkins...
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Japanese elephant ivory Shibayama lamplate meiji/early taisho period Decorated with a stylized phoenix on a blossoming branch, raised on a carved hardwood base. Tusk H: 15 in. ,500-2,500 - ivory...
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