Project Description
Boxwood Senryu-zutsu Pipe Holder in the Form of a Snake
The snake looks down menacingly at a frog, nestling a little too trustingly in the coil of its tail. All eyes of inlaid brass
Unsigned. Late 19th century
19.7 cm
Provenance:
Virginia and Susan Atchley, LA, sold by order of the latter’s executors
Literature:
Virginia Atchley and Neil Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, 2006, p. 296, no. S52
MR774
