Okimono

Lot 3024 limit € 80

Ivory, fully carved, representation of the fisherman Urashima Taro with the turtle Otohime, finely structured and partially dyed, slightly glued, H approx. 11 cm, from an old collection built before 1940, according to legend the fisherman Urashima rescues a young turtle from his net and releases her into the sea, a short time later he meets the girl Otohime, the daughter of the dragon king, she was the turtle and takes the fisherman to the royal palace as a thank you