Okimono of man and woman
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
c. 1801 - c. 1899
Materials
Ivory
Measurements
102 x 49 x 30 mms
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 356427
Summary
Ivory, a figural group, Japanese, probably 19th century. A Japanese okimono of integrally carved ivory, depicting a man and woman, probably husband and wife, wearing embroidered kimono. The maker's device inscribed on the back of the male figure's kimono.