"Netsuke By Kokei, Exceptional Model Of A Wolf With A Paw Holding A Skull. Japan, 19th"
Netsuke by Kokei – Exceptional model of a wolf, the paw holding a skull. The eyes are double inlaid. Japan Edo (1603-1968) 19th century. Provenance: Hartman Collection. Compared with a similar piece of the same quality (below), whose skull is missing. This is a work by Kokei located at the MET in New York, Edward C. MOORE collection, 1891.