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Who is this carver?

Thank you!

Signature,
銕石　-　Tesseki
Itō　Tesseki (伊藤銕石）
Date of birth and death unknown
One of the disciples of the famous Meiji wood- carver
Kanō　Tessai 1845-1925 (加納銕哉).

With regards,
I.Nagy

Thank you!

I was originally thinking it was a Qianlong Chinese brush pot as it is footed and the design is carved with such detail.

But, Meiji / Taisho era carvings are exceptional, too. I just didn't realize that brush pots were part of their art forms (netsuke,inro, sagemono, okimono, etc).

With your help with the artist name, I was able to find another example of Ito Tesseki's work, a lotus leaf form tray. Spot on match.

Many thanks!

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