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Details
A boxwood study of a yamainu, signed Kokei, early 19th Century, Tsu School
finely detailed, the recumbent wild canine clutches a skull between its front paws, eyes inlaid in horn -- 1¾in. (4.4cm.)
finely detailed, the recumbent wild canine clutches a skull between its front paws, eyes inlaid in horn -- 1¾in. (4.4cm.)
Provenance
Ex Julius Katchen Collection.
Literature
For a similar subject by Kokei, see Raymond Bushell, Collector's Nestuke, p.67, no.84.
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