Japan, Meiji period, late 19th century, Kyoto... Lot 10

Japan, Meiji period, late 19th century, Kyoto school? Important Okimono in lightly tinted ivory, representing a fisherman perched on a tree trunk, carrying a child on his right shoulder carrying two fishes. He is holding a net in his left hand. In front of him, below, another fisherman, on the same large tree tree trunk, holds a cormorant in his arm, while another cormorant another cormorant at his feet presents him with a fish. Missing is the cap hiding the hollow of the sculpture, the part where where the signature is normally present. Height : 63 cm. Weight : 5,595 kg Certificate of the expert, lessor Akio SETO