A CARVED WOOD MODEL OF A SNAKE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SUKEYUKI (IZUMI SUKEYUKI; 1838-1920)
Naturalistically carved as a snake coiling itself, the scales finely chiseled with high polish, the eyes inlaid in amber, signature on underside of the body
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) long
With an original wood box titled and signed hebi koku (carved snake) Hotei Sukeyuki nanaju-o koku (carved by Sukeyuki at age 70) and sealed
A CARVED WOOD MODEL OF A SNAKE
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH CENTURY), SIGNED SUKEYUKI (IZUMI SUKEYUKI; 1838-1920)
Naturalistically carved as a snake coiling itself, the scales finely chiseled with high polish, the eyes inlaid in amber, signature on underside of the body
4 ¾ in. (12.1 cm.) long
With an original wood box titled and signed hebi koku (carved snake) Hotei Sukeyuki nanaju-o koku (carved by Sukeyuki at age 70) and sealed
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