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| Image | Sale date | Auction house | Location | Sale name | Lot No. | Estimate | Price Sold | Condition | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
May 12, 2016 | Bonhams | London | Fine Japanese Art | 284 | $****** - ****** | A lacquer tonkotsu (tobacco or leftovers box),The inro by Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891), the netsuke by Suzuki Tokoku (1846-1913) |
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A tonkotsu or single-case inro of rounded-rectangular section with internal cord-runners, decorated in gold and silver hiramaki-e and takamaki-e, sabiage (built-up technique), seigaiha-nuri (combed wave technique) and subori (carving into the lacquer surface) all on a dark-brown polished lacquer ground, depicting a river with (on one side) a jakago (basket of stones to reinforce the banks) and susuki (miscanthus or plume grass) and (on the other side) an open folding fan decorated with cloud, comma, wave and cloud motifs, the top and bottom with a variety of takaramono (motifs associated with the Seven Gods of Good Fortune) against a tetsusabi-nuri (rough iron texture) ground, signed on the fan side with incised characters Zeshin; with a wood netsuke in the form of a partially rolled hanging scroll depicting the heads and hands of Kanzan and Jittoku holding a scroll and broom, the jiku (scroll-ends) and liner to the himotoshi, signed with incised characters Tokoku with an inlaid seal Bairyu; stone ojime.
