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An umimatsu (sea-pine) netsuke of a centipede on a log By Fujiwara Yoshihiro, Iwami Province, early 19th century
15 May 2019, 14:00 BST
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An umimatsu (sea-pine) netsuke of a centipede on a log
By Fujiwara Yoshihiro, Iwami Province, early 19th century
The centipede crawling over the curved log, two damaged legs replaced by a bead of coral, the dark material with slight pale patches, signed with partially illegible characters Seki-shu no ju ... Fujiwara Yoshihiro (Fujiwara Yoshihiro, resident in Iwami Province...). 8cm (3 1/8in).
The centipede crawling over the curved log, two damaged legs replaced by a bead of coral, the dark material with slight pale patches, signed with partially illegible characters Seki-shu no ju ... Fujiwara Yoshihiro (Fujiwara Yoshihiro, resident in Iwami Province...). 8cm (3 1/8in).
Footnotes
海松彫根付 丸太に蜈蚣 銘 「石州住囗囗藤原吉広」 19世紀前期
Published:
Earle, Huthart, p.335, no.309.
Burditt, ICLS, p.40, fig.8.
























