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SIGNED TEITAKU HARUTOSHI, MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A PAIR OF SHIBAYAMA-STYLE IVORY TUSKS
Signed Teitaku Harutoshi, Meiji Period (19th Century)
Depicting Tajikara-o no Mikoto pulling back the rocky door behind which Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, has been hiding from the world, the other with Amaterasu and an attendant in a rocky landscape, finely carved in high and low relief and stained details, the wood base decorated in gold hiramaki-e and coloured inlays with flowers and foliage, some age cracks, with minor inlay missing
14 in. (35.7cm.) high (2)
Signed Teitaku Harutoshi, Meiji Period (19th Century)
Depicting Tajikara-o no Mikoto pulling back the rocky door behind which Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess, has been hiding from the world, the other with Amaterasu and an attendant in a rocky landscape, finely carved in high and low relief and stained details, the wood base decorated in gold hiramaki-e and coloured inlays with flowers and foliage, some age cracks, with minor inlay missing
14 in. (35.7cm.) high (2)