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TSUBA AND SAGEMONO
PROPERTY FROM A SAN FRANCISCO COLLECTION
2510Y Ф 2514Y Ф
A SHIBAYAMA STYLE PRESENTATION TSUBA A SHIBAYAMA INLAID IVORY TWO-CASE INRO AND
Meiji era, late 19th century MATCHING NETSUKE
Of mokko form and decorated in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, Meiji era, late 19th century
togidashi maki-e, nashiji, kirikane and inlaid mother-of-pearl and Decorated to either side with adult cranes and their fledglings amid
colored ivory with a child and two women gathering seashells at pine and flowering red and white prunus, the inlaid design composed
Enoshima, the opposide side featuring two beauties watching a of carved mother-of-pearl, shell, coral and hardstone, the base signed
fisherman with his catch, a cluster of boats in the distance partially Shibayama Soichi/Munekazu (minor losses); together with a small
obscured by a silver seppa-dai incised with a pair of phoenix reticulated metal bead ojime of folk items, and a Shibayama ivory
bracketing the signature Seimei koku, reversed by a pair of dragons, manju netsuke with inlaid floral roundels and signed Shibayama saku.
all within a shakudo edge band cast with a gilt foliate scroll. 3 1/4in (8.4cm) high
3 3/4in (9.6cm) high $2,000 - 3,000
$2,500 - 4,000
2515Y Ф
Provenance A SHIBAYAMA THREE-CASE IVORY INRO
previously sold Christie’s New York, Japanese Works of Art, Sale Meiji era, late 19th century
#8602, 19 March 1997, lot 87. Carved and incised to either side with a karashishi (Chinese lion)
frolicking amid flowering peony and magnolia issuing from ornate rocks,
2511Y Ф the blossoms and leaves of inlaid mother-of-pearl, coral and shell, the
A SHIBAYAMA STYLE PRESENTATION TSUBA eyes of inlaid horn; together with an oval ivory bead ojime (minor wear).
Meiji era, late 19th century 3 3/4in (9.3cm) high
Of foliate form and decorated in gold and silver togidashi maki-e, $8,000 - 12,000
gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, usu nashiji, kirikane and inlay of mother-
of-pearl and colored ivory with Japanese peasants in a flowering Provenance
landscape near a waterway spanned by a bridge, reversed by a pair of Tomkinson Collection, #311
swallows amid blossoming wisteria and peony, with a raised rim and Avery Brunage, Asian Art Museum (SD29)
seppa-dai of gold okibirame and signed Meishi within a red cartouche,
the shakudo edge band incised with chrysanthemum blossoms. 2516Y Ф
4 5/8in (11.7cm) high AN IVORY FOUR-CASE INRO WITH LACQUERED DESIGN
$2,500 - 4,000 Meiji era, late 19th century
Designed in gold, silver and iro-e hiramaki-e, takamaki-e, togidashi
PROPERTY FROM THE XANADU GALLERY, SAN FRANCISCO, maki-e, e-nashiji and inlay of aogai and kirikane with a Chinese
CALIFORNIA beauty standing in brocade robes, her right hand with a fan, the other
overstretched towards a single butterfly above flowering peony to the
2512Y Ф reverse; together with a coral-colored bead ojime.
A GILT LACQUER FOUR-CASE INRO AND MATCHING NETSUKE 3 3/4in (9.6cm) high
Meiji era, late 19th century $2,000 - 3,000
Decorated to either side with the Seven Gods of Good Fortune in
gold, silver and iro-e takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, togidashi maki-e, kirikane 2517Y Ф
and aogai inlay on a kinji ground, each face of finely carved ivory with A LARGE RED LACQUER GROUND FOUR-CASE INRO
the individualized features heightened with dark stain, the interiors 19th century
nashiji; together with a lacquered bead ojime and a hako netsuke of With an overall design of a worn wagon wheel entwined by flowering
auspicious attributes decorated en suite (some chips). gourd vines, a large praying mantis portrayed to one side, executed
4 1/8in (10.6cm) high in dark red and green takamaki-e and mother-of-pearl inlay, signed
$2,000 - 3,000 Sonsei (interiors soiled); together with a transparent glass bead ojime
and an Edo period ivory netsuke of a Chinese hermit in a mugwort
2513Y Ф apron and carrying a basket and branch with a single peach (wear).
A WOOD TONKOTSU WITH IVORY INLAY 4 1/4in (11cm) high
By Minko, 18th century $1,200 - 2,000
The single case tobacco container decorated to the front with an ivory
figure of Jurojin sleeping with his deer under a pine tree suggested Provenance (netsuke)
by ivory clumps of needles, his fan and staff near a large pine to the ex-Smith collection, acquired in the US before 1950.
reverse, all reserved on a natural wood ground and signed Minko in an
inlaid cartouche (extensive wear); together with an amber bead ojime. 2518Y Ф
3 1/2in (9cm) long A BOXWOOD AND BAMBOO TONKOTSU WITH IVORY INLAY
$800 - 1,200 Edo period, 19th century
The front of the single-section tobacco case inlaid in ivory, mother-of-
pearl and different types of wood with two monks bathing, one partially
submerged in an alms bowl-shaped tub, the reverse signed Chikusai;
together with a black coral ojime and a senryu-zutsu form pipecase
(kiseruzutsu) of umimatsu carved as a branch of reishi fungus.
3 1/4in (8.3cm) long
$1,200 - 1,500
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