A WOOD MODEL OF A CARP SWALLOWING A FROG
A WOOD MODEL OF A CARP SWALLOWING A FROG

MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SUKEKAZU

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A WOOD MODEL OF A CARP SWALLOWING A FROG
MEIJI PERIOD (LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SUKEKAZU
Realistically carved with incised details in deep brown and black finishes to render the textured scales of the carp and the knubby skin of the frog
12 in. (29.7 cm) long
Literature
Kuo Hong-Sheng and Chang Yuan-Feng, chief eds. et al., Meiji no bi / Splendid Beauty: Illustrious Crafts of the Meiji Period (Taipei: National Taiwan Normal University Research Center for Conservation of Cultural Relics, 2013), p. 122.

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