Benkei's Conch Trumpet Netsuke
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A fine old boxwood netsuke, depicting Benkei issuing from a massive conch whilst blowing on another trumpet shell, his headgear and other small details heightened with inlaid shell. Height 5 cm. Provenance: The Flower Family Collection.
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- Boxwood - Boxwood is a hard, yellow coloured, close grained timber. In the 19th century it was often used for inlays, especially stringing, because of its contrasting colour to the darker timbers of the carcase. Stringing is the inlay of a narrow strip of veneer of a lighter colour, such as boxwood along or close to the edges of an object that has been veneered in a darker timber such as mahogany.
Because of its fine grain and resistnce to splitting or chipping it has also been used for treen, turnings, carvings and other small wooden items, such as chess pieces.
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