The first, on a wooden base having a "QH Japan" mark on its underside, depicts a man and child gathering seashells (9 in. high overall); the second, also with a "QH Japan" mark, is of a laborer holding a rake (8 in. high), chips to the right hand which is drilled to hold a now-missing article; the third and fourth pieces depict Jurojin and an old man respectively, each being mounted to a wooden base (both 4.75 in. high overall).

Private Collection, Concord, North Carolina

$400 - 600