A snail is crawling on a rotten piece of driftwood carved from kokutan (ebony) wood. The wood is almost black while the snail (katatsumuri) is made from light, slightly brownish translucent horn. The snail shell with spiral shows great attention to detail and is lightly stained. The wood is further inlaid with tiny specks of ivory. Central green-stained ivory himotoshi on the underside and signed GYOKU-KEI (GYOKKEI) on a small inset mother-of-pearl plate.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Flora and fauna

Material:

Ivory Wood Mixed media

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Gyokkei

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

mm

Width:

44mm mm

Depth:

mm

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