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artschoolglasses · 7 months
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Netsuke Raven Perched on a Skull, Asahi Gyokuzan, Mid 19th Century
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fromthedust · 3 months
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Kaigyokusai Masatsugu (Japanese, 1813-1892) - Sleeping Cat - ivory with sumi, red pigment - latter half of 19th century
Naitō Toyomasa - Wasp on Hive - wood - Japan - Edo period, 1800-1850
Sleeping Man with Monkey Steals Contents of Basket - ivory - Japan - 19th century
Rat atop a Bale of Rice - Japan - mid-19th century
Yamaguchi Okatomo - Hen and Chicks - ivory - Japan - mid- to late 18th century
Puppies at Play - ivory - Japan - Meiji period - late 19th century
Asahi Gyokuzan - Raven Perched on a Skull - wood, ivory - Japan - mid-19th century
Daruma - wood - Japan - 19th century
Roaring Shishi - ivory - Kyoto school - Japan - early 19th century
Snarling Tiger - ivory, inlaid eyes in horn - Japan - early 19th century
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whatthecrowtold · 1 year
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"Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately Raven of the saintly days of yore" (Edgar Allan Poe)
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Nothing says "Nevermore" and all that like a Netsuke Raven Perched on a Skull.
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By Asahi Gyokuzan, 1843-1923,
Images nicked from https://ago.ca/collection/object/agoid.29448
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lucysskeleton · 7 years
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Circle of Asahi Gyokuzan (1843-1923), Group of dancing skeletons and monkeys, 19th century
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