Ending 25th Jan, 2025 11:17
Four-Day Auction: Timed Auction Japanese Miniature Art
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1 week, 3 days, 21 hours, 21 minutes and 27 seconds
† JOSEN: A CARVED WOOD TWO-CASE INRO WITH GEESE AFTER A DESIGN BY HANABUSA ITCHO
€350
€700
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By Josen, signed Josen with kakihan
Japan, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of rectangular form, finely and deeply engraved to one side with a goose flying above a stream with reeds, inscribed to the left Hanabusa Itcho e [painting of Hanabusa Itcho], the reverse with another goose standing at a pond. Signed to the underside JOSEN with a kakihan.
HEIGHT 5.4 cm, LENGTH 7.3 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and traces of use.
Provenance: With Sydney Moss Ltd., London. An old collector’s number ‘43’ to the interior.
Josen worked in the early 19th century and produced a number of inro with engraved designs some adapted from works by the celebrated painter and illustrator Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724).
Auction comparison:
Compare a related dark gray lacquer two-case inro by Josen, similarly engraved after a design by Hanabusa Itcho, dated to the 19th century, at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, 6 November 2013, London, lot 272 (sold for GBP 8,125).
By Josen, signed Josen with kakihan
Japan, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of rectangular form, finely and deeply engraved to one side with a goose flying above a stream with reeds, inscribed to the left Hanabusa Itcho e [painting of Hanabusa Itcho], the reverse with another goose standing at a pond. Signed to the underside JOSEN with a kakihan.
HEIGHT 5.4 cm, LENGTH 7.3 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and traces of use.
Provenance: With Sydney Moss Ltd., London. An old collector’s number ‘43’ to the interior.
Josen worked in the early 19th century and produced a number of inro with engraved designs some adapted from works by the celebrated painter and illustrator Hanabusa Itcho (1652-1724).
Auction comparison:
Compare a related dark gray lacquer two-case inro by Josen, similarly engraved after a design by Hanabusa Itcho, dated to the 19th century, at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art, 6 November 2013, London, lot 272 (sold for GBP 8,125).
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Auction: Four-Day Auction: Timed Auction Japanese Miniature Art, ending 25th Jan, 2025
Bidding starts on Wednesday, 1 January, and lots start closing at 11 AM on Saturday, 25 January
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