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

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