SUKEYUKI: COILED SNAKENetsuke, wood Japan, around 1900 Rare work from the Hida School, whose artists ́names all begin with the character Suke. The snake hebi is also in the zodiac. The depiction – presumably in ebony – is worked in ittobori technique (“One Knife Cut “), for which this school was known. ned The simple, angular, however sensitive and lively designed composition of the coiled snake body shows it. Only the head displays scale pattern. Natural cord channel through the twists and clearly cut signature underneath SUKE-YUKI 亮 之 .Dimensions: DIAMETER 5.3 CM Condition: Good with some superficial scratchesProvenance: From an Austrian collection