A carved ivory Okimono depicting a fisherman with a basket

Description:

Japan, sign. Massaki, late 19th c.
H. 17 cm
Standing on a pedestal with a fish trap. He has a large basket at his waist and holds a snake in his raised right hand. The object (probably a fishing rod) in the left hand is missing.
From an old Hunsrücker private collection, acquired in the 1990s - Publ. in: Lempertz Köln, Auction 693, 11/12 June 1993, Lot 1397 - The EU sales licence for this lot is available - Head of the snake replaced, the basket base missing, inlaid leaf in the base missing, minimally dam.