Japanese Works of Art - 23 Nov 2021
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A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A WOLF OR YAMA-INU (WILD DOG)
A JAPANESE WOOD NETSUKE OF A WOLF OR YAMA-INU (WILD DOG)
EDO OR MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY
The emaciated animal seated on its haunches and biting a large human skull resting before it, its eyes inlaid in bone and horn, its tail neatly tucked underneath and signed Minkoku, 4.7cm.
Provenance: an English private collection, Somerset.
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