(on 33) LOT OF JAPANESE SASANO CARVINGS
20th c., Tohei and Kyushu districts, each a single carved piece of wood and painted
including pheasants, hawks, owls, turtles, roosters, song birds, some signed, the largest 11.5"h, the smallest 2"
Carol Ishimoto estate, Cambridge, MA. Purchased in the 1960's.
This technique of carving from a single block of wood resembles methods used by the aboriginal Ainu people.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Realized: $50 - Excluding Buyer's Premium
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Lot 390 : (on 33) LOT OF JAPANESE SASANO CARVINGS
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