Page 97 - Ham Asian Art Auctions May 2019

2333 2334 2335
INRÔ WITH COCK ON DRUM. INRÔ WITH COCK AND HEN. INRÔ IN THE SHAPE OF BAMBOO
INRÔ MIT HAHN AUF TROMMEL. INRÔ MIT HAHN UND HENNE. WITH SNAILS.
Japan. 19th c. Japan. 19th c. Tôshû(sai) (Iizuka Toyo IV). INRÔ IN FORM VON BAMBUS MIT
SCHNECKEN.
Gold and iroe - takamaki - e on kinji Lacquered dark wood with takamaki - e in Japan. 19th c.
ground. A cock standing on a large round gold and color. A strutting cock on one
drum, beside it a hen looking up to him. side, hen with chick on the other side. Lacquered dark wood with decor in
On the back the branch of a pine tree. Two - part. Height 7.5cm. Sign.: Tôshû & gold lacquer. A snail on each side, as
Five - part. Height 8.3cm. Netsuke: Group kaô. Netsuke: Cock on flat drum. Late if they were crawling up the bamboo
of bean pods. 18th/19th c. Ivory, probably 19th c. Wood. H. 3.3cm. Sign.: Masatami. grass. Four - part. Height 9.3cm. Sign.:
maritime. W. 5.8 cm. Ojime: Peony Condition A/B. Hôshôsai & kaô. Netsuke: Eggplant. Ivory.
flower. Copper with silver. H. 2.1cm. H. 5.4cm. Ojime: Kaki fruit (persimmon).
Condition A/B. Provenance: 19th c. Probably bone. H. 1.4cm. Sign.:
- Collection John Lowe, acquired at Shungyoku. Condition A/B.
Provenance: Sotheby’s, London 1970.
- Dutch private collection. - Wrangham collection, no. 1040. Provenance:
- Dutch private collection. Inrô acquired - Dutch private collection.
€ 2.000 – 3.000 | $ 2.220 – 3.330 | ‡ at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham
Collection of Japanese Art Part II on € 1.500 – 2.000 | $ 1.665 – 2.220 | ‡
10 May 2011.

Published:
- Wrangham, E.A.: The Index of Inrô 2336
Artists. 1995. P. 309, Tôshû(sai), signature INRÔ WITH BAMBOO. 2333 2334
illustrated. INRÔ MIT BAMBUS.
Japan. 19th c. Koma Mitsuaki.
€ 2.500 – 3.500 | $ 2.775 – 3.885
Takamaki - e in gold on nashiji ground.
Bamboo grasses of different sizes on one
side and a large bamboo shoot on the
other side. Four - part. Height 6.5cm. Sign.:
Koma Mitsuaki. Netsuke: Pair of gourds.
Ivory. W. 3.1cm. Ojime: Bamboo root.
Stag antler. H. 1.7cm. Condition A/B.

Provenance:
- Acquired at Sotheby’s London in 1988.
- Wrangham collection, no. 1915.
- 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. 176, Mitsuaki, signature
illustrated.

€ 1.200 – 1.500 | $ 1.332 – 1.665 | ‡

2335
2336