A WOOD ARTICULATED MODEL OF A SNAKE

Estimated Value:

3.000 € - 5.000 €

Schätzpreis:

1.500 €

Description:

Japan, signed Masakazu on a mother-of-pearl tablet, Meiji period
L, 175 cm
Constructed of multiple carved wood parts joined inside the body, fully articulated with exception of the tip of the tail, the jaw, two large teeth and tongue movable, the large teeth inlaid with bone, the eyes inlaid with mother-of pearl.
From an important private collection, acquired in the 1970s
Minor wear, two smalll age cracks, wood box with cushion

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