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265 | MYOSAI: A SUPERB ZESHIN SCHOOL
HEIGHT 22.5 cm
KISERUZUTSU
Condition: Good condition with minor overall wear, most notably a
Signed Myosai minor loss to lacquer between one stem which leads to the leaf on
Japan, second half of 19th century the reverse.
Provenance: Ancient collection Charles Cartier-Bresson (1853-1921)
collection no. 701. Charles Cartier-Bresson was a textile industrialist
Of musozutsu type and carved from a light, grainy wood. The and art collector specializing particularly in works from Japan. He
surface is lacquered in gold, silver and black takamaki-e with is the great uncle of famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.
a design of leafy nasubi (eggplant). The leaves are beautifully With additional old collection labels ‘136’ and ‘359’.
lacquered in seido-nuri (imitating patinated bronze), with gold veins,
very typical of the school of Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891). Silvered Auction comparison: A kiseruzutsu signed Zeshin with a similarly
copper looped cord attachment and lining around the opening. executed design was sold recently at Zacke, Fine Japanese Art, 29
Signed MYOSAI 苗斎. November 2019, Vienna, lot 87.
Estimate EUR 1.500,-
Starting price EUR 750,-
264 | A SET CONSISTING OF A WOOD TONKOTSU
& KISERUZUTSU WITH FROGS
Unsigned
Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Portrait of Charles Cartier-Bresson by Jean-
Matthias Schiff in the Museum of Fine Arts Nancy
An early and elaborately worked set consisting of a tonkotsu
(tobacco container) and a kiseruzutsu (pipecase) of senryu-zutsu
type – all naturalistically carved by the same hand in imitation of
branches and decorated with frogs and leaves. The tonkotsu shows
two frogs engaged in a match of udezumo (arm wrestling) on the
lid and a further frog is carved on one side with its legs spread out.
The kiseruzutsu showing another well-carved frog and the naturally
worked cord attachment in the form of an outgrowing branch.
HEIGHT tonkotsu 6.5 cm, HEIGHT kiseruzutsu 25.2 cm
Condition: A small area of the lid has been restored, otherwise very
good condition with a beautifully worn patina.
Provenance: Ancient collection Hayashi, the underside with old
collector’s label reading Hayashi 1291. Then Ancient collection
Charles Cartier-Bresson (1853-1921), collection no. 662. Charles
Cartier-Bresson was a textile industrialist and art collector
specializing particularly in works from Japan. He is the great uncle of
famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson.
Estimate EUR 2.000,-
Starting price EUR 1.000,-
Portrait of Charles Cartier-Bresson by Jean-
Matthias Schiff in the Museum of Fine Arts Nancy
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