By Jack Coutu (1924-2017), English, the first carved in August 1993, the second carved May 1980 The first a frog with outstretched legs, its arms folding over its chest forming the himotoshi, the eyes inlaid in horn, signed on a silver tablet JC, 11.3cm (4 3/8in) long; the second a fish of stained boxwood, its mouth open to reveal a set of sharp teeth, one eye left open to form the himotoshi with the gill, the other eye inlaid in ivory, mother-of-pearl, and tortoiseshell, the teeth of stag-antler added at a later date, signed on a silver tablet JC, 7.5cm (2 7/8in) long. (4).
By Jack Coutu (1924-2017), English, the first carved in August 1993, the second carved May 1980 The first a frog with outstretched legs, its arms folding over its chest forming the himotoshi, the eyes inlaid in horn, signed on a silver tablet JC, 11.3cm (4 3/8in) long; the second a fish of stained boxwood, its mouth open to reveal a set of sharp teeth, one eye left open to form the himotoshi with the gill, the other eye inlaid in ivory, mother-of-pearl, and tortoiseshell, the teeth of stag-antler added at a later date, signed on a silver tablet JC, 7.5cm (2 7/8in) long. (4).
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