2 x Japanese Netsuke or Miniature Chinese Hardwood Carvings of Foo, Lion or Temple Dogs. Mythical Beasts. Both have inscribed marks to bases and Black Stone Eyes. Tallest point of the larger dogs tail measures 3.5cm high.2 x 日本 Netsuke 或 Foo、狮子或寺庙狗的微型中国硬木雕刻。神话野兽。两者都在底座和黑石眼上刻有标记。较大的狗尾巴的最高点高 3.5 厘米。2 x Foo、狮子或寺庙狗的中国微型硬木雕刻。神话野兽。两者都在底座和黑石眼上刻有标记。较大的狗尾巴的最高点高 3.5 厘米。
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dating: Period (1603-1867) provenance: Japan, Blade on yoroi-doshi type, hira-zukuri (nagasa 22.1 cm). Hamon and hada not visible, need cleaning. In koshirae with kozuka covered in aiguillette (silk?). Saya in black lacquered wood (small missing parts at the finishing) with red veining. Kozuka apparently not removable. Together with a wooden netsuke shaped as a skull. length 33 cm.
dating: Period (1603-1867) provenance: Japan, Finely lacquered wood, consisting of six sectors with compartments of elliptical section. Brown lacquer finishing, a beautiful gold relief decoration of a tree on one side, a polychrome effigy of a cock on the other. Inside with mottled finishing. Small lacking parts in the lacquer and signs of use and time. Agate-like stone knot. Ebony netsuke. height box circa 9 cm.
Lot: 2 Tonkotsu-TabakbehälterJapan, 19./20.Jh. Bestehend aus: Holz, braun lackiert. Leicht reliefiert mit verschiedenen Marken mit Siegelschrift. Korallenstück als Ojime. Innen Nashiji. L 8 cm. / Bambus, Gold lackiert mit appliziertem Perlmutt und 1 Paar reliefierten Drachen. Kordel mit Ojime aus Tigerauge und Netsuke aus geflochtenem Bambus in Form einer Kalebasse. L 9 cm.
Kiseru und KiseruzutsuJapan, Edo-Zeit. Pfeife und Pfeifenetui. Rao aus Bambus mit Spirallmuster-Brandzeichen. Suikuchi und Karikubi aus Silber mit Ichimatsu-Muster in Shibuichi und Kupfertauschierung. L 19 cm. / Etui aus Hirschgeweih vom Typ Senryu-Zutsu. In Form eines Ashinaga, Mann mit übermässig langen Beinen. L 21 cm. / Ojime aus Silber, teilweise vergoldet. Durchbrochener Kalebassendekor. L 1,5 cm. / Netsuke aus Elfenbein. Ein Ashinaga trägt anderen Ashinaga auf seinen Schultern. L 6,5 cm.
Six Japanese carved boxwood netsuke, 20th Century, depicting tigers, mice etc./Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
Seven Japanese carved boxwood netsuke, 20th Century, depicting dragons, foo dogs etc./Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
Six Japanese carved boxwood netsuke, 20th Century, depicting tigers and dogs/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
Twelve Japanese carved boxwood netsuke, 20th Century, depicting a variety of animals and birds/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
Ten Japanese carved boxwood netsuke, 20th Century, depicting rabbits and other creatures/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
A quantity of carved wood netsuke and figures/Provenance: The Estate of Anthony J Beeson CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection
A SUPERB AND RARE SMALL GOLD-LACQUER SHODANA (DISPLAY CABINET) WITH STANDJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912)The shodana (display cabinet) supported on the original gold-lacquer stand with four curved feet and neatly decorated in gold hiramaki-e and takamaki-e with several minogame (thousand-year-tortoises) amongst meandering streams and rocks. The silver and shakudo fitted cabinet comprising two pairs of hinged cupboard doors, one single corner door, one set of sliding doors, staggered shelves and three drawers, decorated in gold takamaki-e, kirigane and e-nashji with floral and mountainous landscape, as well as different birds, the top, sides, and reverse scattered with aoi-mons, the cupboard doors bordered with hanabishi (flowery-diamond) motifs.This shodana is ideal for presenting miniature artworks such as netsuke. HEIGHT (with stand) 37.5 cm, LENGTH (with stand) 31.5 cmCondition: Very good condition with only minimal wear to lacquered decoration and edges.Provenance: British private collection. Auction comparison:Shodana of this scale are exceedingly rare. For a larger shodana with a similar decoration of aoi-mons see Christie’s, The Collector: European and English 18th and 19th Century Furniture and Works of Art, Silver, Ceramics and Gold Boxes, 15 July 2020, London, lot 236 (sold for 30,000 GBP).
A COPPER OBIDOME (SASH CLIP) DEPICTING A POMEGRANATE BRANCHJapan, Tokyo, Meiji period (1868-1912)Worked in copper and gold depicting a blossoming branch with two pomegranates. With the original cord for the attachment to the obi (sash).LENGTH 5.8 cm WEIGHT 17.2 gCondition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Provenance: French private collection.Obidome (sash clips) are miniature mixed metal clips which were mounted to the obi (sash) with the help of a cord. Like kagamibuta netsuke and kanamono they were fashion accessories, many of them made by famous and celebrated metalwork artists who previously made sword fittings, which fell out of demand due to the Sword Abolishment Edict in 1876. The craftsmanship of these certainly rivaled those of the finest Western jewelers.
MITSUNAGA: A FINE MOUNTED OBIDOME (SASH CLIP) DEPICTING GEESEBy Toyokawa Mitsunaga II (1851-1923), signed Mitsunaga Japan, Tokyo, Meiji period (1868-1912)Depicting a shibuichi pair of flying geese with the eyes, beak and feet picked out in gold takazogan, signed to the side MITSUNAGA.LENGTH 5.1 cm WEIGHT 9.4 g Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Provenance: French private collection.Toyokawa Mitsunaga II is listed on page 175 in the TOSO KINKO JITEN by Wakayama Takeshi. He became a pupil of Mitsunaga I and married his daughter and studied in the Yanagawa school under his father-in-law. Obidome (sash clips) are miniature mixed metal clips which were mounted to the obi (sash) with the help of a cord. Like kagamibuta netsuke and kanamono they were fashion accessories, many of them made by famous and celebrated metalwork artists who previously made sword fittings, which fell out of demand due to the Sword Abolishment Edict in 1876. The craftsmanship of these certainly rivaled those of the finest Western jewelers.
MITSUNAGA: A RARE GOLD-INLAID OBIDOME (SASH CLIP) WITH WILLOW AND BATSBy Toyokawa Mitsunaga II (1851-1923), signed Mitsunaga to Japan, Tokyo, Meiji period (1868-1912)The circular gold clip finely incised in katakiri-bori with leafy stalks of willow, mounted on a shakudo plate worked resembling the full moon and carved in openwork with golden clouds and incised with two bats in flight. Signed to the lower left MITSUNAGA to [engraved by Mitsunaga]. With the original cord for the attachment to the obi (sash).DIAMETER 2.9 cm WEIGHT 18.7 gCondition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Provenance: French private collection.Toyokawa Mitsunaga II (1851-1923) is listed on page 175 in the TOSO KINKO JITEN by Wakayama Takeshi. He became a pupil of Mitsunaga I and married his daughter and studied Yanagawa School metal art under his father-in-law. Obidome (sash clips) are miniature mixed metal clips which were mounted to the obi (sash) with the help of a cord. Like kagamibuta netsuke and kanamono they were fashion accessories, many of them made by famous and celebrated metalwork artists who previously made sword fittings, which fell out of demand due to the Sword Abolishment Edict in 1876. The craftsmanship of these certainly rivaled those of the finest Western jewelers.
SEIKO: A FINE SILVER-MOUNTED SHIBUICHI OBIDOME (SASH CLIP) DEPICTING A CHRYSANTHEMUM BRANCHBy Seiko, signed Seiko Japan, Tokyo, Meiji period (1868-1912)Depicting a leafy chrysanthemum branch with a blossom and bud picked out in silver takazogan, signed SEIKO to the side and mounted on a hallmarked silver plate. With the original cord for the attachment to the obi (sash).LENGTH 4.5 cm WEIGHT 15.3 gCondition: Very good condition with minor surface wear. Provenance: French private collection. Obidome (sash clips) are miniature mixed metal clips which were mounted to the obi (sash) with the help of a cord. Like kagamibuta netsuke and kanamono they were fashion accessories, many of them made by famous and celebrated metalwork artists who previously made sword fittings, which fell out of demand due to the Sword Abolishment Edict in 1876. The craftsmanship of these certainly rivaled those of the finest Western jewelers.

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