A JAPANESE WOOD CARVING

£600 - £800

£889

A JAPANESE WOOD CARVING
POSSIBLY KAMAKURA, 13TH-14TH CENTURY

Depicting the head of an Immortal, constructed in the joined-woodblock technique (yosegi-zukuri), realistically carved with elongated ears, the eyes inlaid in crystal and the pupils circled in gold; raised on a modern wood stand; 23.5cm overall.

Provenanve: a private English collection, purchased from an American collector in 2009.