A young puppy lying comfortably on an abalone (awabi), its head on the characteristic row of holes. Young puppies such as this one are a symbol of good health, while dried abalone meat was often gifted and represented a long life. The puppy has black inlaid eyes. Himotoshi on the underside, signed GYOKUSAI on an inlaid small mother-of-pearl plaque. The artist is probably the one mentioned in MCI as being from the Tomochika school.

Category:

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Subcategory:

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Subject:

Animal

Material:

Ivory

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

Gyokusai

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

signed

Type:

Katabori

Height:

22mm mm

Width:

36mm mm

Depth:

mm

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