A Late Boxwood Model of a Carpenter's Wheel, by Tsukamoto Kyokusai, Tokyo and Kyoto, 1871-1948

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Description

4.2cm., 1 5/8 in.

carved as a waterwheel, surrounded by swirling water with breaking waves, beside a large open lotus plant into which climbs a small frog, the wood stained for effect, signed Kyokusai

Provenance

Purchased from Roland Koscherack, New York, 1958