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MEIJI<\/h4><div class='av_custom_color av-subheading av-subheading_below'><p>R\u00e9f\u00e9rence\u00a0: 2025 &#8211; 1441<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<div  class='avia-button-wrap av-mnq11wxt-2497b8428cb6fbb8578db6586cc00f03-wrap avia-button-center  avia-builder-el-6  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_hr '>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-mnq11wxt-2497b8428cb6fbb8578db6586cc00f03\">\n#top #wrap_all .avia-button.av-mnq11wxt-2497b8428cb6fbb8578db6586cc00f03{\nbackground-color:#c4a76c;\nborder-color:#c4a76c;\ncolor:#ffffff;\n-webkit-transition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n-moz-transition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n-ms-transition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\n-o-transition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\ntransition:all 0.4s ease-in-out;\nmargin:10px 10px 10px 10px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<a href=''  class='avia-button av-mnq11wxt-2497b8428cb6fbb8578db6586cc00f03 avia-icon_select-no avia-size-large avia-position-center'  ><span class='avia_iconbox_title' >SOLD<\/span><\/a><\/div><br \/>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1z0jji2-c04a0876e5ff4748ed27538f39a8517b\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-1z0jji2-c04a0876e5ff4748ed27538f39a8517b{\nheight:20px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-1z0jji2-c04a0876e5ff4748ed27538f39a8517b hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-7  el_after_av_button  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-mlkz4nm8-fc94a43e9eeb35f5de15389efec34db2'  itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>An interesting sculpture (<em>okimono<\/em>) depicting a snail, carved from a substantial block of ebony that also serves as its base. The sculptor\u2019s approach is typical of the naturalistic aesthetic of Japanese artisans: carving such a sculpture from a block that could have been used to produce a dozen netsuke is far from insignificant. The attachment to realism is manifest by the treatment of details such as skin and shell and the choice of its pose add even more sense of naturalist realism to the piece.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, the snail is a symbol of wisdom and spiritual awakening, as well as patience and regeneration. Although considered a humble creature, it is associated with the earth and has an intimate connection with nature; its slowness is linked to wisdom, and the spiral of its shell is said to evoke the path of growth and spiritual evolution. 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