almost 11 cm tall Ears and head of monkey, stance and back and paws of lion, face of man. Is the only hole the one through the legs? Strange piece. The eyes are made of brass nails the nose and mouth of brass wire wooden and early in its life was lacquered--it seems to have vestiges of lacquer on it
In 1976 Maki did three pairs of prints in which the black and white were reversed. One set is shown here the cement blocks were used to print the white on black, then cleaned to do black on white these were done in such in such themes as Mind Wind and Cloud these are strong sweepings images in rather large prints. The two Wind images here are typical of the type. They are all about 15” x 20 “ and in editions of 150.
he barrel is carved with Pine Bamboo and Plum blossoms. At one end there is a lotus bud with moving seeds (all present) and a very nice frog in relief Length is 8 cm Modest stable crack.
No gotcha please eleven moving seeds all perfect
the carving of the pine needle clusters and the plum flowers – two of the friends of winter – is very deep and crisp there are a few minor cracks. Overall condition is excellent. Mid Qing
