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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 | 255 | $****** - ****** | Eight kagamibuta netsuke |
sculpture
wood, silver, gold, ivory
The first with wood bowl, the shibuichi plate inlaid with two swallows flying past a flowering cherry tree, in gold, silver and shakudo relief relay, unsigned, 4.5cm (1¾in) diam.; the second entirely of shibuichi, the plate inlaid with Hanasaka Jiji making withered trees blossom, signed Sofu, 3.5cm (1 3/8in) diam.; the third with a wood bowl, the cloisonné-enamel plate decorated with paulownia and chrysanthemum, unsigned, 4.3cm (1¾in) diam.; the fourth with a wood bowl lacquered with autumn plants, the shibuichi ishime plate inlaid with a gilt-metal flying bird, signed Masahide, 3.7cm (1½in) diam; the fifth with an ivory bowl, carved in the form of a shallow basket for the tea ceremony, the plate of kurogaki (black persimmon) wood, carved as a pile of charcoal and inlaid with a haboki (feather fan for dusting ashes), in silver and shakudo, signed Kozan with kao, 4.5cm (1¾in) diam.; the sixth with an ivory deep and rectangular bowl, the pale shibuichi plate delicately engraved with a small puppet of a nobleman perched on a finger, signed Hakutsuru Senshi to, 4.1cm (1 5/8in) wide; the seventh with an ivory bowl, the shibuichi plate engraved and inlaid with a half-naked figure and a fox, the bowl engraved with mushrooms and pine needles, unsigned, 4.1cm (1 5/8in) diam.; the eighth with a silver plate, finely engraved in katakiri-bori (engraving with an angled chisel emulating brushstrokes) and kebori (plain line engraving) with a running horse, signed Naoharu with a kao, 4cm (1 5/8in) diam. (8)
