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Boxwood okimono of a carp by Nishikawa Suketsugu

Boxwood okimono of a carp by Nishikawa Suketsugu

Japan, Meiji period (1868 – 1912), c. 1900

Length: 15 3/4  inches, 40 cm
Height: 3 1/2 inches, 9 cm
Width: 3 3/4 inches, 9.5 cm

Boxwood okimono of a carp by Nishikawa Suketsugu

A fine okimono of a naturalistically depicted carp, the eyes inlaid in tortoiseshell.  A rectangular plaque on the base is engraved with the maker’s mark Suketsugu.

 
Bronze okimono of bird on a branch by Yamazaki Seimei →← Bronze okimono of a pheasant by Inouye Tansho
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