Lot Essay
For a nearly identical model of the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac see Miriam Kinsey, Contemporary Netsuke (Rutland, Vermont and Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle, Co., 1977), pl. 7.
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(20TH CENTURY), SIGNED HACHIJUNANA-O MEIGYOKUSAI (MEIGYOKUSAI AT THE AGE OF 87) [1982]
Carved in the form of the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac, interlocking and forming a flat base, details etched, some stained, signed on the base in oval cartouches, himotoshi formed of spaces between the animals--1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) wide
(20TH CENTURY), SIGNED HACHIJUNANA-O MEIGYOKUSAI (MEIGYOKUSAI AT THE AGE OF 87) [1982]
Carved in the form of the Twelve Animals of the Zodiac, interlocking and forming a flat base, details etched, some stained, signed on the base in oval cartouches, himotoshi formed of spaces between the animals--1 5/8 in. (4.2 cm.) wide