Ending 26th Jul, 2025 11:26
Timed Auction Japanese Miniature Art - Netsuke, Sagemono & Sword Fittings
1424
1 week, 6 days, 10 hours, 36 minutes and 50 seconds
A FINE INLAID SINGLE-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH DRAGONFLIES
€500
€1,000
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Unsigned
Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of horizontal rectangular shape, bearing a lustrous brown lacquer ground, decorated with gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e. The design masterfully depicts dragonflies on each side, their wings and heads finely inlaid with aogai (mother-of-pearl). The interior cases of nashiji and red lacquer with gold fundame rims.
HEIGHT 4.3 cm, LENGTH 7.7 cm
Condition: With a loss to the mother-of-pearl inlay and to one cord hole. Otherwise, good condition with typical age-related wear.
Provenance: Ex-collection Maurice Feuillet (1873-1968) (with an old label to the inside). Sold at his Sale, 23 – 24 June 1938, Paris, lot 84 (with an old label affixed to the upper side). Thierry de Maigret, Archeologie, Arts Asiatiques, Cannes, 11 December 2015, lot 174. French private collection, acquired from the above.
Museum comparison:
Compare a related single-case lacquer inro with a dragonfly, by Mochizuki Hanzan, dated to the late 18th century, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Accession number W.419-1910.
Unsigned
Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of horizontal rectangular shape, bearing a lustrous brown lacquer ground, decorated with gold takamaki-e and hiramaki-e. The design masterfully depicts dragonflies on each side, their wings and heads finely inlaid with aogai (mother-of-pearl). The interior cases of nashiji and red lacquer with gold fundame rims.
HEIGHT 4.3 cm, LENGTH 7.7 cm
Condition: With a loss to the mother-of-pearl inlay and to one cord hole. Otherwise, good condition with typical age-related wear.
Provenance: Ex-collection Maurice Feuillet (1873-1968) (with an old label to the inside). Sold at his Sale, 23 – 24 June 1938, Paris, lot 84 (with an old label affixed to the upper side). Thierry de Maigret, Archeologie, Arts Asiatiques, Cannes, 11 December 2015, lot 174. French private collection, acquired from the above.
Museum comparison:
Compare a related single-case lacquer inro with a dragonfly, by Mochizuki Hanzan, dated to the late 18th century, in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Accession number W.419-1910.
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Auction: Timed Auction Japanese Miniature Art - Netsuke, Sagemono & Sword Fittings, ending 26th Jul, 2025
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