A masterfully carved elongated gourd with leafy vines curling around it. The gourd is rotting, since there are many holes and the antler material perfectly simulates the decay of the vegetable. A large wasp, with huge inlaid eyes of black horn, has settled in a large and hollowed-out crevasse in the gourd and is feeding on it. A beautiful late autumn scene symbolizing the duality of life and death. Large himotoshi on the reverse.

Category:

Netsuke

Subcategory:

-

Subject:

Flora and fauna

Material:

Antler

Age/Country:

19th Century

Artist:

-

Provenance/Owner:

Galerie Zacke

Signed:

unsigned

Type:

Sashi

Height:

mm

Width:

160mm mm

Depth:

mm

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