Netsuke By Kokei, Exceptional Model Of A Wolf With A Paw Holding A Skull. J

Netsuke by Kokei. A important model of a wolf. A wild dog crouching over a skull, the eyes inlaid in horn and ebony. Japan Edo (1603-1868) 19th century. Provenance : Hartman Collection. A very similar exemple here attached, from the MET of New York, for the Edward C.MOORE collection, 1891.