Japanese Works of Art - 13th November 2025
Lot 792
A JAPANESE WOOD CARVING
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £889
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Description
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.