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INRÔ WITH CHINESE SAGE. INRÔ WITH DRAGONS BETWEEN INRÔ WITH DRAGON
INRÔ MIT CHINESISCHEM WEISEN. CLOUDS AS WELL AS PEONY BETWEEN CLOUDS.
Japan. 19th c. BLOSSOMS AND BIRDS. INRÔ MIT EINEM DRACHEN
INRÔ MIT DRACHEN ZWISCHEN ZWISCHEN WOLKEN.
Black carved lacquer (tsuikoku), molded. WOLKEN SOWIE PÄONIENBLÜTEN Japan. 19th c. Yamashita Tsuneyoshi.
Chinese sage sitting on a ledge under a UND VÖGEL.
pine tree, behind him a wind shelter. On Japan. 19th c. Ebony carved, eyes inlaid with gilded
the other side, the three brothers Gongsu metal. The mystical animal winds
Jie, Tian Kaiqiang and Gu Yezi, to whom Red carved lacquer (tsuishu). Five - part. its long body through dense clouds.
a farmer respectfully bowed. Four - part. Height 7cm. Netsuke: Karako playing Four - part. Height 9.4cm. Sign.: Yamashita
Height 6.3cm. Netsuke: Inkstone. 19th with ball. Red carved lacquer. W. 2.9cm. Tsuneyoshi zukuru. Manjû - netsuke:
c. Dark lacquered wood. L. 4.5cm. Sign.: Ojime: Red carved lacquer. H. 1.6cm. Dragon with tama. Ebony, eyes inlaid with
Sukenaga. Condition A/B. Condition A/B. gilded metal. Ø 4.4cm. Condition A/B.

Provenance: Provenance: Provenance:
- Collection Denise Cohen. - Dutch private collection. - Sotheby’s London, Japanese Works
- Dutch private collection. of Art on 10 April 1977, lot 577.
€ 700 – 900 | $ 777 – 999 - Acquired from Lolla and Gianni Morra,
€ 2.000 – 3.000 | $ 2.220 – 3.330 1998.
- Wrangham collection, no. 2151.
- Dutch private collection. Inrô acquired
at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham
2346 Collection of Japanese Art Part III on
INRÔ WITH WARRIORS. 12 May 2012. 2345 2346
INRÔ MIT KRIEGERN.
Japan. 18th/19th c. Shin’yu. € 1.200 – 1.600 | $ 1.332 – 1.776

Red carved lacquer (tsuishu). A general
with five of his soldiers beneath a large
pine tree between clouds preparing for a
battle. Three - part. Height 6.7cm. Sign.:
Eiki no konomi, Shin’yu (Made by Shin’yu
to the order of Eiki), in rectangular
cartouche. Netsuke: Ashtray with
auspicious characters. Red carved lacquer
(tsuishu). Ø 3.4cm. Ojime: Red carved
lacquer. H. 1.5cm. Condition A/B. Small
crack at the Netsuke.
Provenance:
- Acquired at Bonhams London in 1991.
- Wrangham collection, no. 2030.
- Dutch private collection. Inrô acquired
at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham
Collection of Japanese Art Part IV on
13 November 2013.
Published:
- Wrangham, E.A.: The Index of Inrô
Artists. 1995. P. 243, Shin’yu, signature
illustrated.

€ 1.200 – 1.800 | $ 1.332 – 1.998

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Netsuke & Inrô
from a Dutch private collection