Posted 12 years ago
artislove
(143 items)
creature with a hairy head and a turtle harnas hugging some kind of nut or even artishoke with a snake coming out at the bottom and a frog on it and signed as well
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The turtle creature thing is a "kappa."
See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kappa_(folklore)
thanks cogito and tom 61375!!
strange stuff i thought it was a Tengu No Tamago , but it is another varition
maybe holding a betelnut (slight chance )
one way or another imo this must be good stuff
greetings Waki
sorry to intrude , this has to go to an expert, because i believe it is EDO period
you can.t play games with Edo versus Meijji periode because of the possible value differences
this feels good
Waki