A WOOD NETSUKE OF A TIGERBy Naito Toyomasa (1773-1856), Tanba Province, early/mid-19th centuryThe sabre-toothed tiger seated, turning left to look over its shoulder, its long tailed curled around and beneath its body, the tiger's stripes finely detailed, its eyes inlaid, signed with incised characters Toyomasa within a rectangular rounded reserve; with a plain wood storage box. 3.2cm x 4.1cm (1¼in x 1 5/8in). (2).Footnotes:Netsuke of tigers by Naito Toyomasa are relatively rare in the market. Two examples have been sold in these Rooms, one from the Julius and Arlette Katchen Collection, 6 November 2018, lot 53, and a second from a private collection, 6 November 2012, lot 104. For similar examples by the artist, see Neil K. Davey, Netsuke: A Comprehensive Study Based on the M. T. Hindson Collection, London, 1974, p.241, no.747; George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures, Honolulu, privately printed, 1982, p.1192; and Joe Earle, Netsuke: Fantasy and Reality in Japanese Miniature Sculpture, Boston, MFA Publications, 2001, p.297, no.258.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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ANONYMOUS, KANO SCHOOLEdo period (1615-1868), mid-17th/18th centuryTartars Hunting and Hawking in a Mountain LandscapePair of six-panel byobu (folding screens) painted in ink, mineral colours, gold, and gold leaf on paper with silk borders within black lacquer frames; the right-hand screen depicting Tartars on horseback hunting wild boars, rabbits, and a deer; at top right a Tartar leader looking on accompanied by his retinue including attendants holding a parasol and a banner, the lower foreground occupied by a group of mounted Tartars engaged in the hunt using bows and arrows and spears, at far left another group looking on, at top left a tiger and cub on a crag; the left-hand screen including two mounted falconers and a variety of wild birds, the three rightmost panels with a lake and rice paddies; all set against a background of Kano-style mountains, waterfalls, and trees interspersed with gold clouds and gold flecks. Each overall: 173.5cm x 353.8cm (68¼in x 139 5/8in); image: 158cm x 337.2cm (62 3/16in x 132¾in). (2).Footnotes:Painted screens depicting the northeast Asian nomadic hunters known as Dattanjin or Tartars (also written Tatars), although less numerous or well-known than the so-called Nanban ('Southern Barbarian') screens—with Portuguese ships, their exotic crews, and Christian priests arriving at Japanese ports—reflect the same global outlook that developed during the sixteenth century as trade in goods and information increased between Japan and the outside world, including both Europe and the Asian continent. Similar depictions of Tartars, based on Chinese paintings of the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries and identifiable by their dashing equestrian poses, prominent banners and weapons, and distinctive fur-trimmed hats (later also seen in netsuke and inro), are featured in several important examples preserved in Japanese and American collections. One of the earliest, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and attributed to no less an artist than Kano Eitoku (1543-1590), shows Tartar envoys bringing tribute (inv. no. 11.4450), but Tartars are more usually shown—in contrast to Southern Barbarians—in their home country, either hunting or playing polo in wild mountain landscapes, often, as here, with senior groups viewing the proceedings from lofty positions. Along with other screens in Boston dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries (see collections.mfa.org/search/objects/*/tartars), there are fine pairs in the National Museum of Asian Art, Washington D.C. (by Kano Jinnojo, active 1610s-1640s, asia.si.edu/object/F1968.62-63/) and Kyushu National Museum (bunka.nii.ac.jp/heritages/detail/514464). The present pair, of slightly later date, continues in a well-established tradition where Chinese prototypes are augmented by the use of mineral pigments and gold and shown in the much larger, and quintessentially Japanese, screen-pair format.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO WOOD NETSUKE OF RECUMBENT OXENEdo period (1615-1868) to Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th centuryThe first seated with its head raised, the eyes inlaid, inscribed in a sunken oval reserve Masanao, 4.8cm (1 7/8in) long; the second raising its head slightly, a rope halter running through its nose and trailing across its back, the eyes inlaid, inscribed in an incised rectangular reserve Tomotada, 6.3cm (2½in) long. (2).Footnotes:Provenance:The second: Arthur Kay Collection.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SUNRYUSAI KYOCHIKA (DATES UNKNOWN) AND SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)A Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th century A Lacquer Hako-Netsuke Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe kinji ground inro decorated in various shades of silver and gold takamaki-e and e-nashiji depicting a peacock strutting behind rocks beside a cherry tree, its tail feathers trailing behind shown on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base in gold lacquer Sunryusai Kyochika; with a rounded-square box netsuke lacquered in shitan-nuri and black kanshitsu with autumn plants bending gently over a hill, a shoreline with waves combed in the seigaiha-nuri technique in the distance, signed in scratched characters on the reverse Zeshin; with a bronze ojime in the form of a tama (jewel); unsigned. The inro: 7.8cm (3in) high; the hako-netsuke: 3.3cm x 3.2cm (1¼in x 1¼in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO WOOD FIGURE NETSUKEEdo period (1615-1868), 18th to 19th centuryThe first ebony, Daikoku hauling a bale of rice, the handle of his hammer inlaid, signed Yoshitada, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) high; the second a seated man, holding a fan and dressed in elaborate robes, the details polychrome lacquer, signed Shuzan, 2.8cm (1 1/16in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
KAJIKAWA LINEAGEA Black-Lacquer Small Three-Case Inro Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe upright body decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e with a continuous design depicting a shallow rattan basket brimming over with leafy daikons, the interior of rich nashiji, signed in gold lacquer on the base Kajikawa saku; with a lacquered ojime and a black-lacquer double-gourd netsuke embellished with a snail; unsigned. The inro: 7.2cm (2 7/8in) high; the netsuke: 2.6cm (1in) long. Footnotes:Provenance: Arthur Kay Collection.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GOLD-LACQUER FOUR-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe top and bottom of upright form, the broad body decorated in gold takamaki-e with overlapping chrysanthemum of different sizes on a Gyobu nashiji ground, the interior of rich nashiji; unsigned; with a black-lacquer hako netsuke similarly lacquered in gold takamaki-e with two roundels enclosing a rain dragon among fragmented hanabishi mon (flowery diamond crests); signed Shinsai within a gold-lacquered oval reserve. The inro: 8.1cm (3 3/8in) high; the hako-netsuke: 1.6cm x 3.7cm (¾in x 1 3/8in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF BONHAMS CATALOGUES MOSTLY ON JAPANESE AND ASIAN ARTConsisting of broken runs from 1972, 1978-1983, 1988-1999, 2004-2019, 2021, and important collections including: The Harriet Szechenyi Collection of Japanese Art (2011), Fine Netsuke from the Adrienne Barbanson Collection (2013), The Edward Wrangham Collection: Parts I-III, V-VI (2012-2015), The Misumi Collection: Parts I-II (2014-2015), The Arlette and Julius Katchen Collection of Fine Netsuke: Part I (2016); several duplicates included. (a lot).Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF CHRISTIE'S CATALOGUES MOSTLY ON JAPANESE AND ASIAN ARTConsisting of broken runs from 1986, 1988-1990, 1994-1997, 1999-2016, and important collections including: The I. A. and Cecile Mann Victor Collection of Netsuke (1989), The Duncan Beresford-Jones Collection of Japanese Art (2000), The Avo Krikorian Collection (2007), The Ten Signs of Long Life: The Robert Moore Collection of Korean Art (2014); several duplicates included. (a lot).Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF SOTHEBY'S CATALOGUES MOSTLY ON JAPANESE AND ASIAN ARTConsisting of broken runs from 1982, 1988-1994, 1998, 2000-2007, 2010, 2018-2019, and important collections including: Kakiemon Porcelain from the collection of Mrs Cornelia Wingfield Digby (1990), Inro from the Collection of the Late Charles A. Greenfield (1998), Netsuke from the Collection of Raymond and Frances Bushell (2000); several duplicates included. (a lot).Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF REFERENCE BOOKS ON COLLECTIONS, NETSUKE, AND JAPANESE ARTComprising: Kakudo, Yoshiko, Netsuke: Myth and Nature in Miniature, San Francisco, Asian Art Museum, 1981; Jonas, F. M., Netsuke, London, Charles E. Tuttle and Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., 1960; Bushell, Raymond, Collectors' Netsuke, Tokyo, Weatherhill, 1971; Kinsey, Miriam, Living Masters of Netsuke, Tokyo, Kodansha International, 1984; Ayers, John, The Baur Collection Geneva: Japanese Ceramics, Geneva, Collections Baur, 1982; Chu, Arthur and Grace Chu, Oriental Cloisonné and Other Enamels: A Guide to Collecting and Repairing, New York, Crown Publishers, 1975; Irvine, Gregory, Japanese Cloisonné Enamels: The Seven Treasures, London, V & A Publishing, 2006; Mintz, Robert, Japanese Cloisonné Enamels: The Stephen W. Fisher Collection, exhibition catalogue, Baltimore, Md., Walters Art Museum, 2010; Schiermeier, Kris and Matthi Forrer, Wonders of Imperial Japan: Meiji Arts from the Khalili Collection, Zwolle, Waanders Publishers, 2006; Lawrence, Louis, Satsuma: Masterpieces from the World's Important Collections, London, Dauphin Publishing, 1991; Impey, Oliver, and Fairley, Malcolm, Treasures of Imperial Japan: Ceramics from the Khalili Collection, exhibition catalogue, London, National Museum of Wales and The Kibo Foundation, 1994; Yutaka Mino, The Great Eastern Temple: Treasures of Japanese Buddhist Art from Todai-ji, Chicago, Art Institute of Chicago, 1986; National Gallery of Victoria, Focus on Lacquer: Japanese Lacquer at the National Gallery of Victoria pamphlet, 2006; Muneshige Narazaki, Sharaku: The Enigmatic Ukiyo-e Master, Tokyo, Kodansha International, 1983; Tadashi Kobayashi, Ukiyo-e: Great Japanese Art, London, Kodansha International, 1982; Nazarov, Viktor, Netsuke, Okimono, Veyera (Netsuke, Okimono, Fans), St. Petersburg, Atlant, 2017; Bordignon, Laura, The Golden Age of Japanese Okimono, Suffolk, Antique Collector's Club, 2010; Pekarik, Andrew J., Japanese Lacquer, 1600–1900: Selections from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection, exhibition catalogue, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. (18).Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A GROUP OF NETSUKE JOURNALS AND JAPANESE ART MAGAZINESIncluding broken runs of the following: Netsuke Kenkyukai (1982-1994); Journal of International Netsuke Collectors Society (1973-1985); Daruma Magazine (1994-2011); Netsuke Kenkyukai membership directory and convention issues; several duplicates included. (a lot).Lot to be sold without reserve.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A RED-LACQUER CIRCULAR TWO-CASE INRO, AN INLAID GOLD-LACQUER CIRCULAR KOBAKO (SMALL BOX), AND TWO NETSUKEEdo period (1615-1868) to Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th to 20th centuryThe first a circular two-case inro decorated on both sides in gold takamaki-e and inlaid shell with stylised butterflies in flight among stylised plants and flowers, the interior of red lacquer, unsigned, 7.7cm (3in) high; the second an inlaid gold-lacquer circular box conceived in the manner of Ogata Korin and decorated in gold takamaki-e and applied with heavy pewter and shell with leafy camellia blooms on the top and underside, the interior similarly inlaid with sarutori ibara (Smilax china) floating on a stream, 7.6cm (3in) diam.; the third a lacquered wood netsuke in the form of a snake hidden in the hollow of a pine tree, signed on the reverse Toyo with a kao, 5.9cm (2¼in) high; the last a brass and silvered-metal netsuke in the form of a loofah gourd, unsigned; 10cm (3 7/8in) long. (4).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
FIVE WOOD FIGURE NETSUKEEdo period (1615-1868) to Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th to early 20th centuryThe first a man seated on a large square fan, shown on the underside, holding a large ceramic tokkuri (bottle) in one hand and drinking sake from a sakazuki (sake cup) held in the other, a squid protruding from the bamboo leaf wrapper lying at his feet, signed on the underside Gyokuso with a seal, 3.7cm (1 7/16in) long; the second a seated oni (demon) with a parasol strapped to his back, the eyes and horns inlaid, unsigned, 3.9cm (1 9/16in); the third a man sleeping, resting his face on his crossed hands on an oversized leaf, unsigned, 4.2cm (1 5/8in) long; the fourth Daruma, seated with his arms characteristically hidden within his robes, signed Shumin, 3.8cm (1 7/16in); the fifth probably Benkei blowing a conch, signed in a shell-inlaid rectangular reserve Rakumin with a kao, 3.6cm (1 3/8in). (5).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHIBAYAMA STYLEA Shibayama-Inlaid Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe upright kinji body decorated in Shibayama style with a Chinese vase brimming over with peonies, chrysanthemums, and bush clover, petals strewn around the ground on one side and leafy sprigs of shukaido (hardy begonia) on the reverse, the interior of rich nashiji, unsigned; with a gold-lacquered ojime and mixed-metal inlaid circular netsuke, carved with a coiled dragon; unsigned. 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHIBAYAMA STYLEA Gold-Lacquer Small Three-Case Inro Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe kinji upright broad body decorated in gold takamaki-e with a long-handled basket brimming over with chrysanthemums, the reverse with further chrysanthemum sprays, with details inlaid in iridescent shell, the interior of rich nashiji, unsigned; with a gold-lacquer netsuke in the form of a pillow lacquered with chrysanthemums; unsigned. The inro: 5.2cm (2 1/16in) high, the netsuke: 4.6cm (1 7/8in) long. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHOKASAI AND SHIBAYAMA LINEAGEAn Inlaid and Gold-Lacquer Four-Case Inro Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th century The lenticular kinji ground decorated in gold and slight-coloured takamaki-e, gold hiramaki-e, kirikane, and Shibayama style with Kosekiko (Chinese: Huangshigong) kneeling on rocks and holding up a fallen shoe towards Choryo (Zhang Liang) shown on the other side, crossing a bridge on horseback and holding a rolled scroll, the dragon that saved Choryo from a river looking up at him from the waves, signed on the base in gold lacquer Shokasai and Shibayama within a shell-inlaid rectangular reserve; with a circular lacquered and inlaid metal ojime and a gold-lacquer two-part domed circular netsuke embellished with a meandering, flowering plum branch; unsigned. The inro: 8cm (3 1/8in) high; the netsuke: 3.2cm (1¼in) diam.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TWO GOLD-LACQUER INROOne by Shokasai, Edo period (1615-1868) or Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th/early 20th centuryThe first of upright form with five cases, decorated in different tones of gold hiramaki-e and kirikane with a continuous design of shrubs of fuyo (cotton rosemallow), the interior of rich nashiji, unsigned; 9.5cm (3¾in) high, with a wood netsuke figure of a Bugaku dancer, unsigned, 5.6cm (2¼in) high; the second of lenticular form with four-cases, decorated in Shibayama style with depicting a courtesan at Asazuma on Lake Biwa dressed in court robes and cap, seated in a boat under a willow tree, holding a kotsuzumi (small drum), geese descending to shore on the reverse, signed in gold lacquer on the bottom case Shokasai; 8.7cm (3 3/8in) high. (2).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO SHISHIBy Sato Masayoshi (1819-1865), Edo period (1615-1868), mid-19th century The adult shown seated looking to the right, with one front paw resting on a pierced, brocade ball and the other on the head of its offspring nestled against its mother's side, peering through her trailing mane; signed on the underside Masayoshi within a rectangular reserve. 3cm x 3.6cm (1 1/8in x 1 7/16in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A CARVED WOOD TONKOTSU (TOBACCO POUCH)Edo period (1615-1868), probably 19th centuryThe body carved in varying degrees of relief with a continuous design of a three-clawed dragon whose writhing body is partially hidden among clouds beneath a geometric band, the talons and eyes inlaid in shell, the clouds extending on the top surface of the cover, inscribed on the reverse Futa minmai [..] within a rectangular reserve, 8cm (3 1/8in) high; with a lacquered wood kagamibuta netsuke, with a hirame (flatfish) swimming among aquatic plants, unsigned, 4.1cm (1½in) diam.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN INLAID BRONZE OR COPPER SMALL TWO-CASE INROEdo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe upright body decorated in high relief metal inlays of gilt, silver, and bronze with Daikoku dragging his sack, a basket containing shells lying on a sprig of flowers and Daruma on one side and a tamamushi (jewel beetle), a peony blossom, and a prancing shishi (Chinese mythical lion) on the other, unsigned; with an ojime pierced with autumn plants and flowers and a flattened, circular openwork bronze manju netsuke carved with overlapping dragonflies, wasps, and cicadas crawling over autumn plants and flowers; unsigned. The inro: 6.7cm (2 5/8in) high; the manju netsuke: 4.5cm (1¾in) diam.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)A Lacquered-Wood Tonkotsu (Tobacco Pouch) or Zansaisage (Container for Food Scraps) in the Form of a Large Kuri (Sweet Chestnut) Meiji era (1868-1912), late 19th centuryThe reddish-brown polished ground textured, pierced, and carved to simulate the skin of a chestnut, lacquered in gold, silver, tan, and ishime-nuri takamaki-e, decorated with a wasp hovering over a cluster of three ripe kuri (sweet chestnut, Castanea crenata) splitting out of their spiny burr, three other chestnuts falling beneath the leafy branch shown on the reverse, signed in scratched characters Zeshin along one side at the lower bottom; with a bone ojime in the form of a chestnut; and a boxwood netsuke of two naturalistically carved chestnuts resting against each other, their smooth skin contrasting with the calyx textured in ukibori, signed Gyokuso to within a rectangular reserve. The tonkotsu: 9.2cm x 8cm (3 9/16in x 3 1/8in); the netsuke: 4cm (1 9/16in) wide.Footnotes:The theme of chestnuts splitting from their husks was favoured by Shibata Zeshin, who used the subject matter in several works across different media and formats. Compare for example, a single-case lacquer inro sold in these rooms, The Harriet Szechenyi Collection of Japanese Art, 8 November 2011, lot 316, a lacquer painting from the Mr and Mrs James O'Brien Collection at the Honolulu Academy of Arts, illustrated by Howard A. Link, The Art of Shibata Zeshin, Honolulu, Honolulu Academy of Arts, 1979, p.139, no.66. See also an album leaf painting illustrated in the Nikkei Shinbunsha, Edo Chic, Meiji Technique: The Art of Shibata Zeshin, featuring the Edson Collection, exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Nikkei Inc., 2009, p.71, no.28; also illustrated in Sebastian Izzard, Zeshin, The Catherine and Thomas Edson Collection, exhibition catalogue, San Antonio, San Antonio Museum of Art, 2007, p.140, fig.44-29.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)A Lacquer Inro with Shoki the Demon-Queller and an Oni (Demon), and a Netsuke with a Sake-Bottle Meiji era (1868–1912), circa 1886In sheath-inro form, the case of wood covered in silver fundame textured in ishime-nuri to imitate the walls of a rustic dwelling, each side pierced with a window, the window bars rendered on one side in shell and on the other in tetsusabi-nuri, one side of the sheath hinged to release the container inside, the interior of the sheath finished in gold fundame lacquer, the container probably of paper, with overhanging lid and divided interior, covered in gold kinji and ishime-nuri; on the front, Shoki the Demon-Queller in coloured togidashi maki-e seen from the waist up, dressed in the robes and cap of a Chinese scholar-official, with his sword on his back and wearing a baleful expression, the reverse also in togidashi maki-e with an oni (demon) in silhouette hiding behind a shoji (paper screen), signed in scratched characters on the base near one of the cord runners Zeshin, 8.2cm × 6cm × 1.6cm (3¼in × 2 3/8in × 5/8in); the netsuke in box form, of wood lacquered in shibuichi-nuri and with a design of a large and a small decorated gourd in takamaki-e; iron and gold ojime in the form of a mallet; the netsuke signed in scratched characters on the base Zeshin, 3.2cm × 2.7cm × 1.4cm (1¼in × 1in × ½in); with a fitted wood storage box. (2).Footnotes:Provenance:Inro: Henri Vever (1854-1942) Collection.Vignier Collection.Densmore Collection.Bess Collection.Netsuke: Hayashi Collection, sold in 1902.Henri Vever (1854-1942) Collection.Inro and netsuke: Charles Greenfield Collection, sold at Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1990.Misumi Collection.Sold in these Rooms, 5 November 2014, lot 6.A Royal Collection.Exhibited and Published:Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, exhibition catalogue, New York, Japan House Gallery, 1972, cat. no.164 (inro).Pekarik, Andrew J., Japanese Lacquer, 1600-1900: Selections from the Charles A. Greenfield Collection, exhibition catalogue, New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980, cat. no.79.Eskenazi Ltd., The Charles A. Greenfield Collection of Japanese Lacquer, London, 1990, cat. no.79.Nezu Museum, Shibata Zeshin no shikko, urushi-e, kaiga (Shibata Zeshin: From Lacquer Arts to Painting), exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, 2012, cat. no.87.The Chinese demon-queller Shoki in pursuit of a fleeing oni (demon) was one of Zeshin's favourite subjects in both lacquer and painting, and numerous examples are extant. The Nezu Museum in Tokyo owns an inro (Nezu Museum 2012, cat. no.86) which is very similar to the present lot with the difference that the inner container is in the more usual form of a set of interlocking compartments. With its intricate structure, complex range of techniques, lively characterization, and meticulous finish, this lot displays many of the virtues of Zeshin's finest inro.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
UEMURA ENSHU (BORN 1955)A Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Manju Netsuke Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryOf upright form, decorated in gold and polychrome togidashi maki-e with a continuous scene of courtiers and attendants at leisure, one side depicting attendants restraining a horse, probably from Ise monogatari (The Tales of Ise), the interior with rich nashiji risers, signed on the base Enshu; with an en-suite manju netsuke, lacquered with a matching scene of an attendant with a horse, signed on the reverse Enshu; with a pale blue glass ojime. The inro: 7cm (2¾in) high; the manju netsuke: 3cm (1 3/8in) diam.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
UEMURA ENSHU (BORN 1955)A Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Netsuke Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryOf upright form, decorated in gold and polychrome togidashi maki-e with a scene from the famous kabuki play Sukeroku, one side depicting the courtesan Agemaki standing before Sukeroku, seated and leaning back, holding a pipe between his toes, offering it to the elderly and vicious samurai Ikyu shown on the other side, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base Enshu; with a netsuke in the form of a wood bucket filled with water inlaid in shell, unsigned; with a pale blue glass ojime. The inro: 7.6cm (3in) high; the netsuke: 1.9cm (¾in) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
UEMURA ENSHU (BORN 1955)A Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Manju Netsuke Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryOf upright form, decorated in gold and polychrome togidashi maki-e with a Noh performance, one side depicting a man knelt and beating a tsuzumi (hand drum) as another holds a silk rope, gesturing towards a woman dancing with a fan shown on the other side, the interior of rich nashiji, signed on the base in raised gold lacquer Enshu; with a manju netsuke, lacquered with waves and a spiral design, unsigned; with a pale blue glass ojime. The inro: 7.7cm (3in) high; the manju netsuke: 3.2cm (1¼in) diam.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
UEMURA ENSHU (BORN 1955)A Gold-Lacquer Three-Case Inro with Matching Manju Netsuke Showa (1926-1989) or Heisei (1989-2019) era, late 20th/early 21st centuryThe inro embellished in gold, silver, and polychrome togidashi maki-e with a famous scene after a woodblock print design by Suzuki Harunobu (1725-1770) from Heike monogatari (Tales of the Taira Clan), when the youthful and noble Kumagai Naozane meets his premature death at the hands of Taira no Atsumori at the Battle of Ichi no Tani, the older warrior shown on one side with a fan beckoning Kumagai standing beside his horse on the reverse, inscribed Harunobu ga on one side, signed on the base Enshu; with a manju netsuke lacquered with a warrior on horseback, unsigned; with a pale blue and green mottled glass ojime. The inro: 7.6cm (3in) high; the manju netsuke: 3.3cm (1¼in) diam.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO RABBITSBy Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe adult seated with her long ears pressed compactly over her back, her young nestled against her side with a paw resting on her back; signed Masanao within a polished wood oval reserve. 3.7cm x 3.7cm (1½in x 1½in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO MONKEYSBy Sadakazu, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe adult monkey seated and holding a peach with both hands tantalisingly out of reach from her young clambering over her back with one hand outstretched for his share; signed beneath the adult's foreleg Sadakazu to within a polished wood oval reserve. 5.7cm (2¼in) high.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO MONKEYSBy Masanao, Yamada, Ise Province, Edo period (1615-1868), 19th centuryThe adult monkey seated cross legged, leaning forward eagerly eating a persimmon with one hand and holding another in the other hand, its offspring clambering over its mother back; signed beneath one foreleg Masanao within a rounded rectangular reserve. 3.5cm x 4.3cm (1 5/8in x 1 11/16in). This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A collection of small items including a gilded Buddha seated on a throne, 5in H, a 19th Century carved wood Chinese Monk sat astride a sacred Ibis, with traces of pigment, 5in H, a Chinese glass Scent Bottle, interior painted with flowers (stopper missing), 2 1/2in H, two carved wood Pot Stands, 4in diam, a carved wood Netsuke in the form of a dog, 2in, and two small ceramic Boxes and Covers decorated Chinese figures on mythical beasts, 1in
A collection of mother of pearl Chinese gaming counters, various sizes, nineteen in total, together with eight hardwood netsuke, depicting various creatures, and a group of similar hardstone objects, and a blue and white porcelain jar and cover, 9.5cm highCondition ReportMinor nibbles and surface wear throughout, to include scuffs, scratches and knocks.
Kagami-Buta-Netsuke, Japan, Edo-Periode(1603-1868), 19. Jh., schwarzlackiertes Holz und Silber, runder knopfartiger Holzkörper mit Schwarzlack überfangen und poliert, mit blütenförmiger Hängung und Blütenmedaillon als Aufsatz in Durchbruchsarbeit, im zentrum eine Flasche mit dem Unsterblichkeitselixier und minutiöser Dartstellung zweier Kraniche in den hohen Gräsern der Uferzone neben einem Baum, 1,2x3,8cm
Two Japanese bronze and brass pill boxes, Meiji period. Largest height 2.5cm, width 4.5cm and height 2 cm, width 4cm, a black hardstone Buddha pendant, 4 x 3.5cm, a bronze figure, height 10cm, a squat form pottery vase, height 4.5cm and a rock crystal netsuke, 4 x 5cm. (6)From the estate of Frederic Lipscombe.Frederic Lipscombe was an artist who studied at the Slade School of Art, after which he worked with the master studio potter Bernard Leach. As well as working in clay he was a wood carver, a silversmith, and a printmaker. In the 1930s he taught at art schools in New Zealand including Wellington College. Prior to WWII he travelled widely in the Far East, and during these travels in the 1930s he acquired objects that interested him and which he found inspirational for his own creative work. These included many carved jades and netsukes. He returned to England at the outbreak of war in 1939. He died in 1968.His collections are now being sold by his grandchildren.
A Japanese carved wood netsuke in the form of a turtle, 19th century. Signed, height 2cm, length 4.5cm, width 3.5cm.From the estate of Frederic Lipscombe.Frederic Lipscombe was an artist who studied at the Slade School of Art, after which he worked with the master studio potter Bernard Leach. As well as working in clay he was a wood carver, a silversmith, and a printmaker. In the 1930s he taught at art schools in New Zealand including Wellington College. Prior to WWII he travelled widely in the Far East, and during these travels in the 1930s he acquired objects that interested him and which he found inspirational for his own creative work. These included many carved jades and netsukes. He returned to England at the outbreak of war in 1939. He died in 1968.His collections are now being sold by his grandchildren.Good condition. More images added.
INRO À TROIS COMPARTIMENTS EN LAQUE D'ORJapon, par Koma Bunsai, époque Edo (1615-1868), début/milieu du XIXe siècleA GOLD-LACQUER THREE-CASE INROJapan, by Koma Bunsai, Edo Period (1615-1868), early-mid 19th centuryOf upright form, the kinji ground decorated with a continuous design of two mounted elaborately-attired aristocratic riders engaged in a horse race, sheltered beneath maple branches, a scene probably alluding to the annual horse race at Kamo Shrine, lacquered in gold and iro-e takamaki-e, silver hiramaki-e and kirikane, the interior of rich gyobu-nashiji; signed inside the top case in gold lacquer Komai Bunsai; with a silvered-metal ojime in the form of a snail, unsigned; and a lacquered-wood netsuke in form of a frog crouched on a straw sandal; unsigned. The inro: 7.4cm (2 7/8in) x 5.3cm (2 1/16in); the netsuke: 5.8cm (2 5/16in) long.Footnotes:Provenance:Jean-Pierre Rousset, Paris (1936-2021) 來源：巴黎Jean-Pierre Rousset（1936-2021）舊藏For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Konvolut: 12 Vitrinenobjekte. CHINA und JAPAN: 1 kleine Snuffbottle aus Opal, H: 3,7 cm, 1 Netsuke in Form eines Löwen aus Holz, signiert, L: 6 cm, 1 Anhänger aus Jade, H: 4,5 cm sowie 9 weitere figürliche Schnitzereien u.a. aus Jade, Achat, Türkis, H: ca. 2,5 cm bis 7 cm, tlw. besch.| Mixed lot: 12 objects d'art. CHINA and JAPAN: 1 small snuff bottle made of opal, h: 3,7 cm, 1 netsuke in form of a lion made of wood, signed, l: 6 cm, 1 pendant made of jade, h: 4,5 cm as well as 9 further figural carvings among others of jade, agate, turquoise, h: approx. 2,5 cm to 7 cm, partly dam.
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