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COILED SNAKE BY KANO TOMOKAZU I
Estimate
2,500 - 3,000 GBP
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Description
- COILED SNAKE BY KANO TOMOKAZU I
- Signed in an oval reserve Tomokazu
- Ebony, the eyes inlaid
- 3.9cm., 1 1/2 in.
Shown tightly coiled in three irregular loops, its head emerging centrally at the top with its forked tongue reaching out to touch the upper coil. The reptile's scales are realistically rendered, the upper and lower parts of the body contrasted.
Provenance
F. Meinertzhagen Collection
Literature
Frederick Meinrtzhagen, The Art of the Netsuke Carver, no. 61
The Meinertzhagen Card Index, p. 902, where the author describes it as, "An outstandingly fine masterpiece ..... of surpassing character and vigour ......The signature beyond criticism and in keeping with the rest of the work .... ".
The Meinertzhagen Card Index, p. 902, where the author describes it as, "An outstandingly fine masterpiece ..... of surpassing character and vigour ......The signature beyond criticism and in keeping with the rest of the work .... ".