Mermaid Netsuke. (Winter 2016)

This depiction goes beyond children’s fairy tales; it is a predator like creature living in the dark depths of the deep-sea where no ray of daylight ever shines through, with rudimentary blind eyes, its fearsome jaws open wide, screaming of rage and pain after a fierce battle in which it got maimed.

Materials: Asian hardwood, eyes (artificially colored) and jaws made of Deer  antler.

Marked with a Monogram of T and H in golden Urushi lacquer.

Measurements: 3.35 x 0.71 x 1.06 inch ( 8,5 x 1,8 x 2,7 cm.)