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Auction archive: Lot number 393

A good ivory Okimono

Asian Art
8 Nov 2016
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$372 - US$621
Price realised:
£500
ca. US$621
Auction archive: Lot number 393

A good ivory Okimono

Asian Art
8 Nov 2016
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$372 - US$621
Price realised:
£500
ca. US$621
Beschreibung:

A good ivory Okimono, late 19 th century of Shoki, the Demon Queller, on horseback interpreting somewhat widely, the legend of Choryo as he is offered a boot by a kneeling oni riding a carp, well engraved and with light sepia stain, engraved Seigyoku , 5.5cm high The Chinese warrior, Zhang Liang, was one of Three Heroes of the Han Dynasty, later becoming emperor, his name eliding phonetically to Choryo in Japanese. In one Daoist legend, he hands a fallen sandal to a poor and ancient rider (actually the Yellowstone Elder) on mule-back, who had shed it on a bridge.

Auction archive: Lot number 393
Auction:
Datum:
8 Nov 2016
Auction house:
Sworders - Fine Art Auctioneers
Cambridge Road
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE
United Kingdom
auctions@sworder.co.uk
+44 (0)1279 817778
Beschreibung:

A good ivory Okimono, late 19 th century of Shoki, the Demon Queller, on horseback interpreting somewhat widely, the legend of Choryo as he is offered a boot by a kneeling oni riding a carp, well engraved and with light sepia stain, engraved Seigyoku , 5.5cm high The Chinese warrior, Zhang Liang, was one of Three Heroes of the Han Dynasty, later becoming emperor, his name eliding phonetically to Choryo in Japanese. In one Daoist legend, he hands a fallen sandal to a poor and ancient rider (actually the Yellowstone Elder) on mule-back, who had shed it on a bridge.

Auction archive: Lot number 393
Auction:
Datum:
8 Nov 2016
Auction house:
Sworders - Fine Art Auctioneers
Cambridge Road
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE
United Kingdom
auctions@sworder.co.uk
+44 (0)1279 817778
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