- 747
An ivory study of a tsubaki flower (camellia) by Ohara Mitsuhiro, Osaka (1810-1875)
Estimate
2,000 - 2,500 GBP
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Description
- 4.5cm., 1 3/4 in.
carved in two sections, with slightly curled tight petals, a bee collecting pollen from the stamen at the top, one petal opens to reveal a scene of a Chinese maiden immortal in flagrante with a mortal man, signed Mitsuhiro
Exhibited
Eskenazi, Ltd., June 1998