The first being a striding rustic laden with sitcks, two fish and implements. On a wooden stand. (8 in.; 9.5 in. with stand); the second figure, possibly a Westerner, is in a disheveled state and clutches a sake bottle. On a wooden stand. (5.75 in.; 6.5 in. with stand); the third carving is of a pot-belled elder admiring a prunus branch. On a wooden stand. (3.5 in.; 4.5 in. with stand).

Estate of the late Norman Caine, Raleigh, NC

The third figure's branch is broken above the hand.

$300 - 500