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INRÔ WITH TANCHÔZURU. INRÔ WITH PEACOCKS. INRÔ WITH SPARROW AND
INRÔ MIT TANCHÔZURU. INRÔ MIT PFAUEN. PAIR OF SCISSORS.
Japan. 19th c. Japan. 19th c. Koma Kansai. INRÔ MIT SPATZ UND SCHERE.
Japan. 19th c. Kyûho.
Hira - and takamaki - e in gold and silver Lacquered dark wood with hira - and
on roiro ground with nashiji. A large takamaki - e in gold. On the front a Takamaki - e in gold and black on
crane (tanchôzuru) standing on one leg, standing male peacock at a small pine usu - nashiji ground with hirame flakes.
blooming reed on the back. Five - part. tree, on the back a female peacock. Both One side with a flying sparrow, on the
Height 8.1cm. Netsuke: Lying crane. have their heads turned towards each other a large pair of scissors. The motif
Wood. W. 4.5cm. Sign. Ojime: Swimming other and look in the direction of the refers to the story of the Tongue - cut
ducks. Silver, shibuichi and akagane. other. Openable from the side, inside with Sparrow (Shita - kiri suzume). Four - part.
H. 1.4cm. Condition A/B. five small drawers. Height 8.1cm. Sign.: Height 6.8cm. Sign.: Minsetsu & kaô.
Kansai. Netsuke: Oni at setsubun. Mid Manjû - netsuke: Shita - kiri suzume. 19th
Provenance: 19th c. Nagoyo School. Cherry wood. c. Wood with lacquer. Ø 3.4cm. Inside
- Dutch private collection. W. 3.2cm. Sign.: Masatoshi. Ojime: Crab. sign.: Ikeshima Yoshinori & kaô. Ojime:
Nut with inlays of copper, partly gilded. Huts under trees. Wood. H. 1.9cm.
€ 1.000 – 1.500 | $ 1.110 – 1.665 H. 1.6cm. Sign.: Tenmin. Condition A/B. Condition A/B.

Provenance: Provenance:
- Acquired at Christie’s Rome in 1988. - Collection Thacher - Clarke.
2330 - Wrangham collection, no. 1884. - Collection M.T. Hindson, acquired at
INRÔ WITH CRANE AND KARAKO. - Dutch private collection. Inrô acquired Sotheby’s, London 1969.
INRÔ MIT KRANICH UND KARAKO. at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham - Wrangham collection, no. 957.
Japan. 18th/19th c. Tôju (Tôyô II). Collection of Japanese Art Part II on - Dutch private collection. Inrô acquired 2329
11 May 2011. from Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham 2330
Gold, silver and iroe - takamaki - e and Collection of Japanese Art Part IV on
mura - nashiji on fundame ground € 3.000 – 5.000 | $ 3.330 – 5.550 6 November 2013.
with inlays of aogai. A standing crane
(tanchôzuru) with outstretched wings Published:
and surrounded by three karako, one of - Wrangham, E.A.: The Index of Inrô
them offers him a bowl with seeds. On Artists. 1995. P. 158, Kyûho, signature
the other side, another karako and an illustrated.
elderly man with fan, while five butterflies
flutter around them. The motif is a € 2.500 – 3.000 | $ 2.775 – 3.330
parody of the Noh play ‘Shôjô’. Four - part.
Height 8.8cm. Sign.: Tôju & kaô. Netsuke:
Chinese sitting on Hotei’s bag. Ivory.
H. 4.5cm. Ojime: Pumpkin with leaves.
Silver. H. 1.9cm. Sign. Condition A/B.
Provenance:
- Acquired at Christie’s London in 1966.
- Wrangham collection, no. 701.
- Dutch private collection. Inrô acquired
at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham
Collection of Japanese Art Part III on
15 May 2012.

Published:
- Wrangham, E.A.: The Index of Inrô
Artists. 1995. P. 292, Tôyu, signature 2331
illustrated. 2332

€ 2.500 – 3.500 | $ 2.775 – 3.885 | ‡

Netsuke & Inrô
from a Dutch private collection