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Size：netsuke：4.0 × 3.1 × 2.6 cm ojime：1.9 × 1.5 × 1.4 cm
Material：stag antler with buffalo horn , coconut calyx inlays
Year：2020
Explanation of work（YiTu）
According to the "Journey to the West", Judge Cui was one of the four great judges of the underworld. He was fair and selfless during his life, and after his death, he became a judge in the temple of King Enma, where he rewarded the good, punished the bad, and administered life and death. With the Life and Death Note and the Soulless Brush in his hand, he could decide in an instant who should die and who should live.It is a prayer that Judge Cui's brushes will never be used in this day and age of coronavirus disasters.
·Born 1987 in Shandong Province, China ·Graduated from Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts in 2010
·Self taught carving since 2015 to present ·Began carving netsuke since 2017
·Joined the "Yuan Qi Zao Wu元气造物”as one of their contract Carving Artist in 2018
·Participated in “Yuan Qi 元气Netsuke seminar” in 2018 and 2019
·Most of his works focus on darker tones, Chinese mythology, and Japanese ghosts.
