Ending 26th Jul, 2025 11:03

Timed Auction Japanese Miniature Art - Netsuke, Sagemono & Sword Fittings

 
  Lot 1401
 

1401

TATSUKE TAKAMASU: A FINE INLAID FOUR-CASE LACQUER INRO DEPICTING A HUT

Starting price
€300
Estimate
€600
 

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By Tatsuke Takamasu, signed Tatsuke Takamasu saku 田附隆益
Japan, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Of upright rectangular form, bearing a dense e-nashiji ground, decorated with gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and with aogai (mother of pearl) inlays. Depicting on one side a hut beneath trees, inside, a scholar is shown playing the qin. The other side depicts bare trees on the bank of a stream, set under clouds. The risers, top, and underside are finished in gold fundame. Signed underneath TATSUKE TAKAMASU saku [made by Tatsuke Takamasu]. The interior of nashiji with gold fundame rims.

With a striped glass ojime.

LENGTH 5.2 cm, HEIGHT 6.6 cm

Condition: Good condition with expected age-related wear, a tiny loss to the inlay, and some minor losses to the lacquered details. Some small chips along the edges of the cases and cord runners.
Provenance: Private collection in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Tatsuke Takamasu worked in Edo in the second half of the 18th century and exemplified the Tatsuke family practice of producing inro in unusual shapes, as witness the mokugyo-shaped inro formerly in the Kroch collection.

 

By Tatsuke Takamasu, signed Tatsuke Takamasu saku 田附隆益
Japan, late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Of upright rectangular form, bearing a dense e-nashiji ground, decorated with gold takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and with aogai (mother of pearl) inlays. Depicting on one side a hut beneath trees, inside, a scholar is shown playing the qin. The other side depicts bare trees on the bank of a stream, set under clouds. The risers, top, and underside are finished in gold fundame. Signed underneath TATSUKE TAKAMASU saku [made by Tatsuke Takamasu]. The interior of nashiji with gold fundame rims.

With a striped glass ojime.

LENGTH 5.2 cm, HEIGHT 6.6 cm

Condition: Good condition with expected age-related wear, a tiny loss to the inlay, and some minor losses to the lacquered details. Some small chips along the edges of the cases and cord runners.
Provenance: Private collection in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

Tatsuke Takamasu worked in Edo in the second half of the 18th century and exemplified the Tatsuke family practice of producing inro in unusual shapes, as witness the mokugyo-shaped inro formerly in the Kroch collection.

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Auction: Timed Auction Japanese Miniature Art - Netsuke, Sagemono & Sword Fittings, ending 26th Jul, 2025

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