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2324 Provenance: Published:
INRÔ WITH FLYING HÔÔ BIRD. - Michael Tomkinson collection, no. 1048. - Wrangham, E.A.: The Index of Inrô
INRÔ MIT FLIEGENDEM HÔÔ - VOGEL. On the bottom label with old collection Artists. 1995. P. 282, Takamitsu, signature
Japan. Edo period (1603 - 1868). Late number. illustrated.
18th/early 19th c. Tatsuke Takamitsu. - Acquired at Sotheby’s London in 1972.
- Wrangham collection, no. 1143. € 4.500 – 5.500 | $ 4.995 – 6.105
Multicolored gold takamaki - e with - Dutch private collection. Inrô acquired
kirikane details on rich roiro ground. On at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham
the front a flying Hôô bird with wide open Collection of Japanese Art Part III on
wings and long tail feathers. A branch of 15 May 2012.
paulownia flowers (Jap. kiri) adorns the
reverse. - Ojime: Former Jacques Carré collection.
Tatsuke Takamitsu (go: Kôkyô) worked
in Kyôto and his works are mostly
characterized by an unorthodox form and
surface texture. Three - part. Width 7.6cm.
Sign.: Tatsuke Kôkyô kore wo ga, gyônen
hachi - jû sai (Tatsuke Kôkyô painted this
at the age of 80). Manjû - netsuke: Kaga
stirrups and valerian flowers. Ebony
with gold lacquer. Ø 3.6cm. Ojime:
Maple leaves. Gilded copper. H. 1.5cm.
Condition A/B.