SCHELPEN - Wood (Boxwood) - Japan - 19th century (Edo period)

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Japanese wooden sculpture titled SCHHELPEN, carved to depict an awabi shell and a hotategai on top, dating to the 19th century Edo period, with asymmetrical himotoshi at the base, provenance Veilinghuis, sold without a stand, in excellent condition and original authenticity.

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Very naturalistically carved: an awabi shell (abalone) with a hotategai on top, a smaller Japanese shell. At the bottom an asymmetric himotoshi. Beautiful patina.

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Very naturalistically carved: an awabi shell (abalone) with a hotategai on top, a smaller Japanese shell. At the bottom an asymmetric himotoshi. Beautiful patina.

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