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The modern master of netsuke carving, Soko was born in Fujimae-cho, Tokyo in 1879. He became a pupil of Miyazaki Joso when he was 15 years old and learnt netsuke carving for 14 years under Joso. Soko was especially acclaimed for the realistic and delicate style of netsuke carving. For a similar work by the same artist in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, see The Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection of Netsuke; A legacy at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, eds. Hollis Goodall (Chicago: Art Media Resources, Inc., 2003), no. 761.
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Lot 65Sale 14578
SIGNED SOKO (MORITA SOKO; 1879-1942), EARLY 20TH CENTURYA CARVED WOOD NETSUKE OF A STRING OF COINSEstimate: USD 2,000 - 3,000
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