LOT 64 By Yukitomo, Gifu, Mino Province, 19th century A wood netsuke of a snake and tortoise
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A wood netsuke of a snake and tortoise
By Yukitomo, Gifu, Mino Province, 19th centurySigned in an oval reserve Yukitomo. 3.2cm (1¼in) wide.
|木彫根付 蛇に亀 銘「之友」 19世紀Provenance: Eskenazi Ltd., London, purchased 1968.Published: Katchen, N7, vol.2, p.115, no.K331.The snake coiled tightly in several loops around the tortoise, carved in dark wood, which is slightly worn, the eyes inlaid.Very little is known of Yukitomo, who is believed to have lived in Gifu and by whom only a few examples have been recorded.
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