A small ivory okimono of a peasant woman

Description:

Japan, Meiji period
H. 5,7 cm
The okimono depicts a peasant woman in a traditional dress cutting a radish, surprised by a rat. She kneels barefoot on the floor in front of a table with the partially cut radish, her left arm raised, holding a knife in her right hand.
From an old north German private collection purchased before 1990, documented 1995 on a collector's card - The EU trade certificate for the sale of this lot is available - Minor wear