Katalognummer: NE1119-257 ISHIMUNE: A FINE STAG ANTLER NETSUKE OF A SKULL WITH SNAKES By Ishimune, signed Ishimune Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) Minutely carved from stag antler as a miniature skull with two slithering snakes coiling around it, their eyes inlaid in pink coral. The piece is an eerily exact copy of a skull, and that at 2.4 cm tall! The material is brilliantly utilized, and the porous surface adds to the desired effect, conveying a feeling of death and the evanescence of life. A morbidly fascinating sculpture! Himotoshi through the underside, the other hidden within, and signature in the back ISHIMUNE 石宗. HEIGHT 2.4 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Provenance: Czech private collection. Schätzpreis 估價: € 1.500 Startpreis 起拍價: € 750 -
Katalognummer: NE1119-257 ISHIMUNE: A FINE STAG ANTLER NETSUKE OF A SKULL WITH SNAKES By Ishimune, signed Ishimune Japan, Meiji period (1868-1912) Minutely carved from stag antler as a miniature skull with two slithering snakes coiling around it, their eyes inlaid in pink coral. The piece is an eerily exact copy of a skull, and that at 2.4 cm tall! The material is brilliantly utilized, and the porous surface adds to the desired effect, conveying a feeling of death and the evanescence of life. A morbidly fascinating sculpture! Himotoshi through the underside, the other hidden within, and signature in the back ISHIMUNE 石宗. HEIGHT 2.4 cm Condition: Excellent condition. Provenance: Czech private collection. Schätzpreis 估價: € 1.500 Startpreis 起拍價: € 750 -
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