Catalogue
Lot 3001
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
JAPAN, 19th century, tusk figure of a Hotei, in flowing robes carrying shinto symbols, signed Manjo Murama at base, (95mm high). Very fine.
Estimate $100
SOLD $300
Lot 3002
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
JAPAN, Meiji period, late 19th century, tusk carving group depicting an elephant with her two calves in a natural setting, (100mm wide). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $300
Lot 3003
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
JAPAN, 19th century, tusk carving of a realistic apple, the interior revealing a rural scene with trees, polychrome colouring, signed at back, (55mm high). Very ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $700
Lot 3004
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
JAPAN/CHINA, 19th century, tusk carving of a naked lady bathing, on custom wooden stand, (110mm high). Very fine.
Estimate $50
SOLD $200
Lot 3005
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
JAPAN, 19th century, two tusk netsuke, depicting a lady musician and a traveller, signed, (75mm high). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $220
Lot 3006
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
JAPAN, 19th century, two tusk netsuke, depicting a bearded traveller and a fisherman, signed, (75mm high). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $140
Lot 3007
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
JAPAN, late 19th - early 20th century, tusk netsuke, the first depicting an octopus with turtles, the second a buffalo with harness, (45mm and 70mm ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $340
Lot 3008
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
JAPAN, 19th century, two tusk netsuke, depicting a bearded traveller and a warrior with sword, signed, (75mm high). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $280
Lot 3009
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SOUTH EAST ASIA AND THE SUB-CONTINENT, 19th and 20th century, bone items including kris handles carved with deities and other standing figurines, (various sizes). Very ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Lot 3010
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SOUTH EAST ASIA, 20th century, stone figure of a king cobra, carved of soapstone, modelled in a striking pose with skin picked out in white, ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $100
Lot 3011
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, 19th century, Walrus tusks, uncarved, (450mm, 430mm, 290mm). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $360
Lot 3012
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
BUFFALO HORNS, USA, 19th century, intricately engraved with military and domestic figures including William of Orange at the Battle of the Boyne 1690, General Gordon ...
Estimate $50
SOLD $50
Lot 3013
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, Africa, 19th century, boar tusks, the first carved with the image of a boar and the description ".577 Snider / 1869", the other engraved ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Lot 3014
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, Africa, 20th century, boar tusks carved and engraved with images of elephant processions, (155mm long), mounted on brass or timber bases. Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $120
Lot 3015
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 19th century, walrus tusk carved as a page turner, engraved with a scene of a ship and walrus on ice, "Tusk Taken From a ...
Estimate $100
SOLD $500
Lot 3016
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, North America, early 20th century, tusk boxes depicting a resting seal, the other a fox stalking birds, also a panel depicting a whale destroying ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $190
Lot 3017
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 19th century, North America, bone or tusk pieces depicting a man observing a ship with a telescope, a ship under full sail and a ...
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
Lot 3018
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 19th and 20th centuries, four examples depicting a whale, an island scene, flying geese and whaling implements, (115mm, 100mm, 100mm, 95mm long). Very fine. ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $340
Lot 3019
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 20th century, two examples, the first engraved with the ship "The Wanderer 1878", the second ship "Niger 1844", (130mm and 115mm long). Very fine. ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $750
Lot 3020
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 20th century, three examples depicting ships under sail, one named "Whaling Barque 1850", (115mm, 110mm and 100mm long). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $260
Lot 3021
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, late 19th - early 20th century, three examples depicting mermaids, (120mm, 110mm and 110mm long). Very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $380
Lot 3022
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 20th century, seven examples depicting ships and whaling scenes, (85mm - 100mm long). Very fine. (7)
Estimate $200
SOLD $260
Lot 3023
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 20th century, tooth halved and engraved with ships under sail, desk mounted on a wooden base, (200mm high); tusk, engraved with Chinese rural scenes, ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $220
Lot 3024
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 19th century, engraved with a fine image of Hannah Young on Pitcairn Island, the reverse showing The Bounty in full sail, below a family ...
Estimate $200
SOLD $1,000
Lot 3025
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 20th century, three examples, the first depicting "H M Bark Endeavour" under sail, the second a rigging scene and the third a whaler under ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $240
Lot 3026
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 19th century, sperm whale tooth engraved with the whaling ship Ann Alexander under sail, the name "Ann Alexander 1839" above, American eagle to right, ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $420
Lot 3027
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 20th century, two examples, the first engraved with a ship under sail "Morning Star 1853", the second a whaling ship "James Arnold 1852", (130mm ...
Estimate $200
SOLD $850
Lot 3028
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 19th century, sperm whale tooth engraved with an image of the whaling ship "Charles W. Morgan", engraved on reverse - New Bedford Mass, (115mm ...
Estimate $200
SOLD $750
Lot 3029
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 19th century, sperm whale tooth, engraved with a map of Ocracoke Inlet, Outer Banks, North Carolina, USA, map of the inlet with place names, ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $500
Lot 3030
Sale 121 Miscellaneous
SCRIMSHAW, 19th century, sperm whale tooth, engraved with a portrait of General Robert E. Lee, the reverse depicting him on horseback, "Lee on Traveler (sic)", ...
Estimate $150
SOLD $480