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A TABAKO-IRE (TOBACCO POUCH) AN IVORY KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASE) AN IVORY KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASE)
WITH KAGAMIBUTA NETSUKE By Joho, Edo period (1615-1868) By Kyomin, Tokyo, Meiji era (1868-1912),
AND A WOOD NETSUKE or Meiji era (1868-1912), 19th century late 19th century
The netsuke attributed to Tanaka Minko, Of muso-zutsu form, carved in relief with Of muso-zutsu form, carved in relief with
both Edo period (1615-1868), Tobosaku Sennin standing, holding a peach, a a sennin emerging from a dilapidated hut
early/mid 19th century deer standing at his side and two birds flying beneath a withered tree branch, holding a
The tabako-ire made of leather tooled with overhead, the cord attachment formed by a long-handled basket and watching a bird fly
dragons curled in rounded foliate reserves, the branch of reishi fungus; signed Joho with a away; signed Kyomin with a seal.
silvered metal mae-kanagu (clasp) a writhing seal. 22.42cm (8¾in) high. 22.6cm (8 7/8in) high.
three-clawed dragon, the interior clasp plate
decorated with waves and signed Homin, £700 - 800 £700 - 800
13.5cm (5¼in) long; with a kagamibuta JPY110,000 - 120,000 JPY110,000 - 120,000
netsuke attached by linked chains, the US$950 - 1,100 US$950 - 1,100
netsuke with an ivory bowl bearing a silvered Provenance: Provenance:
metal plate with a three-clawed dragon in W. W. Winkworth Collection, acquired in 1964. Purchased from Malcolm Fairley, London,
relief, writhing amongst clouds as it grasps Edward Wrangham Collection, no.359. 2006.
a tama (sacred jewel) in one claw, unsigned, Sold in these Rooms, 18 June - 9 July 2018, Edward Wrangham Collection, no.2240.
5.3cm (2 1/16in) diam.; the netsuke depicting lot 55. Sold in these Rooms, 18 June - 9 July 2018,
a smooth-skinned kappa standing, modestly lot 67.
covering itself with its claws, signed Minko, 20 Y Ф
7.4cm (2 7/8in). (2). A LACQUERED-HORN 22 Y Ф
£800 - 1,200 KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASE) AN IVORY KISERUZUTSU (PIPE CASE)
JPY120,000 - 180,000 By Tomin, Meiji era (1868-1912), By Tesseki, Taisho era (1912-1926), dated 1913
US$1,100 - 1,600 late 19th century Of muso-zutsu form, finely engraved in kebori
Of muso-zutsu form with ivory top, the main
with a continuous scene of Chinese scholars
Two similar kappa netsuke also attributed section black-lacquered, carved and inlaid in a mountainous landscape, four crossing a
to Tanaka Minko were in the Carlo Monzino with Kannon standing while holding a fan, bridge over a river, three in a hut supported
Collection, sold at Sotheby’s, London, turning to look at a writhing dragon, engraved on stilts and two wandering among trees,
21 June 1995, lots 16 and 17. in katakiri and kebori, the goddess’s head and one of them carrying a qin (Chinese stringed
hands inlaid with ivory; signed Tomin. instrument), an inscription at the top reading
18* 21.5cm (8½in) long. Kotei kaishu (Gathering at the River Pavilion);
A SHELL-INLAID YATATE (PORTABLE £700 - 800 signed mizunoto-ushi shoshu Tesseki to
BRUSH AND INK CONTAINER) JPY110,000 - 120,000 (Carved by Tesseki in the seventh month of
Somada style, Meiji era (1868-1912), US$950 - 1,100 the mizunoto-ushi year [1913]) with a seal.
late 19th/early 20th century 22cm (8 5/8in) high.
Entirely inlaid with iridescent small flakes of Provenance:
shell to create tightly clustered geometric Raymond Bushell Collection. £700 - 800
and hanabishi (flowery-diamond) motifs, the Purchased from Sydney L. Moss Ltd., JPY110,000 - 120,000
octagonal bowl with a matching hinged, shell- London, 2008. US$950 - 1,100
inlaid cover, unsigned; with a lacquered-wood Edward Wrangham Collection, no.2287. Provenance:
storage box. 16.6cm (6½in) long. (2). Sold in these Rooms, 18 June - 9 July 2018, Rosemary Bandini, London, 2007.
lot 69. Edward Wrangham Collection, no.2260.
£1,500 - 2,000 Sold in these Rooms, 18 June - 9 July 2018,
JPY230,000 - 300,000 Published: lot 72.
US$2,000 - 2,700 William and Betty Parker, ‘A Compilation of
Pipecase Artists’, Netsuke Kenkyukai Study
Journal, vol.4, no.2, p.20.

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