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A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Snake Wrapping Around A Pumpkin

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A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Snake Wrapping Around A Pumpkin - Asian Works of Art Style

Ref : 111293

1 800 €

Period :: 19th century
Provenance :: Japan
Medium :: Boxwood
Dimensions :: l. 1.38 inch X H. 1.18 inch X P. 1.3 inch

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A Boxwood Netsuke Depicting A Snake Wrapping Around A Pumpkin

The snake is a symbol often associated with rebirth, transformation while the pumpkin is a symbol of fertility, abundance and prosperity in Japanese tradition.

Signed Yoshimasa (??) under the pumpkin in “ukibori”.

For similar netsuke see the Katchen collection, published N7, vol.2, p.31, no.K329.

Origin: Japan

Period: Edo 19th century.

Dimensions: 3 x 3.5 x 3.3 cm.

State of conservation: Very good

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19th century