By Saratani Tomizo (born 1949), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-) era, late 20th/early 21st century A found object consisting of a piece of stone embedded in fossilized driftwood, the surface highly polished and decorated in gold, silver and coloured takamaki-e, kirigane and shell with a gecko and grapevine, signed with incised characters Tomizo富造; with wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Yamori 家守 (Gecko), signed inside Tomizo 富造. Maximum length 32.5cm (12¾in). (2).
By Saratani Tomizo (born 1949), Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-) era, late 20th/early 21st century A found object consisting of a piece of stone embedded in fossilized driftwood, the surface highly polished and decorated in gold, silver and coloured takamaki-e, kirigane and shell with a gecko and grapevine, signed with incised characters Tomizo富造; with wood tomobako storage box inscribed outside Yamori 家守 (Gecko), signed inside Tomizo 富造. Maximum length 32.5cm (12¾in). (2).
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