A carved ivory Okimono a fishmonger

Description:

Japan, signed and sealed Bunga, late 19th c.
H. 16 cm
Standing on an oval pedestal, he carries a woven basket with two large fish on his left shoulder, while in his right hand he holds three smaller fish suspended from a bamboo branch.
From an old Hunsrücker private collection, acquired in the 1990s - Publ. in: Lempertz Köln, Auction 693, 11/12 June 1993, Lot 1399 - Slightly chipped