Lot 43 D‡α

An ivory okimono of a man at house cleaning. Late 19th century

Washing a sliding door with damaged shôji, which is supported by a boy, both figures surrounded by a tub, bucket, brooms, vessels, and a cat which has cought a mouse and another mouse running away, on a stand on four cabriole legs. Signed Sakai Munefusa on a red tablet.
Height 14.5 cm