Okimono of family group
Category
Ivory and bone
Date
c. 1801 - c. 1899
Materials
Ivory
Measurements
88 x 54 x 54 mms
Place of origin
Japan
Order this imageCollection
Blickling Hall, Norfolk
NT 356428
Summary
Ivory, a family group, Japanese, probably 19th century. A Japanese okimono integrally carved of ivory, depicting a family, with a standing man and woman in patterned kimono, the woman holding a bowl or basket in her bands, a child seated at the feet of the woman. The base with painted inscriptions in Japanese.