A Bamboo okimono sculpture of a namazu (earthquake fish) Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-19th/early 20th century (2)

A Bamboo okimono sculpture of a namazu (earthquake fish)

Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), mid-19th/early 20th century

Modelled with elegant simplicity, flicking its tail around to the left in a swimming motion, one long whisker resting over its back, the other trailing beneath, its eyes inlaid with black pupils; with a wood storage box.
21.5cm (8½in) long. (2).

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