LOT 191 YAMAJI MITSUYUKI: AN IVORY OKIMONO OF A FALCON AND SNAKE
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By Yamaji Mitsuyuki, signed Yamaji MitsuyukiJapan, Tokyo, Meiji period (1868-1912)Finely carved as a falcon perched on a gnarly branch, a snake coiling around the base below, lurking and staying out of its predator’s sight. The snake has inlaid eyes of dark horn and the majestic bird has double inlaid eyes of mother-of-pearl and dark horn. Green staining is applied to both the snake and bird, attractively worn throughout. Signed underneath the long tail feathers within the typical raised oval reserve YAMAJI MITSUYUKI. Mounted on a wood base and with a felted storage box.HEIGHT 20.5 cmCondition: Overall in good condition with associated surface wear and natural age cracks. Some tiny repairs including a small repair to the very edge of the beak.Provenance: Dutch private collection.Auction comparison:Another okimono by the same artist was recently sold at Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 28 October 2020, Vienna, lot 234 (sold for 10,744 EUR).This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore this item can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.
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