A carved ivory Okimono of Shōki with oni

Description:

Japan, sign. Gyokurin, late 19th c.
H. 16,2 cm
Standing with one foot on an oni on an oval pedestal. With his right hand he holds up another wriggling oni, in his left hand a sword. Signed on inset red lacquer plate: Gyokurin.
From an old private collection in the Hunsrück region, acquired in the 1990s - Publ. in: Lempertz Köln, Auction 666, 31 May/ 1 June 1991, Lot 1083 - The EU trade certificate for the sale of this lot has been granted - Minor wear