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MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SOKO KOKU (MORITA SOKO; 1879-1943)
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A WOOD NETSUKE IN THE FORM OF CHESTNUTS
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SOKO KOKU (MORITA SOKO; 1879-1943)
The flesh of the opened nut with a naturalistic matte finish and the husk polished in a smooth, shiny brown
1 ¼ in (3.3 cm) long
MEIJI-TAISHO PERIOD (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), SIGNED SOKO KOKU (MORITA SOKO; 1879-1943)
The flesh of the opened nut with a naturalistic matte finish and the husk polished in a smooth, shiny brown
1 ¼ in (3.3 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. 441.
Exhibited
“Meiji Kogei: Amazing Japanese Art,” cat. no. 31, shown at the following venues:
Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku Bijutsukan (Tokyo University of the Arts Museum), 2016.9.7-10.30
Hosomi Bijutsukan (Hosomi Museum, Kyoto), 2016.11.12-12.25
Kawagoe Shiritsu Bijutsukan (Kawagoe City Art Museum), 2017.4.22-6.11
Tokyo Geijutsu Daigaku Bijutsukan (Tokyo University of the Arts Museum), 2016.9.7-10.30
Hosomi Bijutsukan (Hosomi Museum, Kyoto), 2016.11.12-12.25
Kawagoe Shiritsu Bijutsukan (Kawagoe City Art Museum), 2017.4.22-6.11
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