Lot Essay
The craftsman is clearing and smoothing the inside of a huge bamboo node. The model is carved from a single block of wood.
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CRAFTSMAN CARVING THE INSIDE OF A BAMBOO NODE
Wood, signed Soko to (carved) with kakihan [Morita Soko]
(1879-1942)
1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm.) long, in fitted attested wood box inscribed Take no koeda kibori netsuke "carved wood netsuke of an old branch of bamboo" and on the underside of the lid Shi Morita Soko Taisho junen goro no saku "work of around Taisho 10 (1921) by teacher Morita Soko" signed and sealed Sosui shiki "attested by Sosui"
Wood, signed Soko to (carved) with kakihan [Morita Soko]
(1879-1942)
1 5/16 in. (3.4 cm.) long, in fitted attested wood box inscribed Take no koeda kibori netsuke "carved wood netsuke of an old branch of bamboo" and on the underside of the lid Shi Morita Soko Taisho junen goro no saku "work of around Taisho 10 (1921) by teacher Morita Soko" signed and sealed Sosui shiki "attested by Sosui"