Ivory Okimono carved in the round depicting a peasant carrying a basket of persimmons, attacked by a group of monkeys intent on devouring the fruit. The figure wears a hyotan-shaped sake gourd on his belt and a sagemono consisting of a kizeruzutsu and a tobacco pouch with a crab-shaped netsuke on the back. Unsigned. Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912). L.: 6.5 cm; H.: 13.5 cm; weight: 260 g Accident to a foot of the figure.