Ending 26th Jul, 2025 11:38
Timed Auction Japanese Miniature Art - Netsuke, Sagemono & Sword Fittings
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1 week, 6 days, 10 hours, 22 minutes and 46 seconds
TOJU: A FINE FIVE-CASE YAMIMAKI LACQUER INRO WITH CROWS
€400
€800
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By Kanshosai Toju(sai), signed Toju 桃壽 and kakihan
Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of upright rectangular shape, lacquered in yamimaki-e (black on black lacquer). The design masterfully depicts three crows in flight, with two on one side and the third on the reverse. The interior cases of red lacquer with gold fundame rims.
LENGTH 4.4 cm, HEIGHT 7.8 cm
Condition: Good condition with minuscule nicks to edges and some general wear throughout.
Provenance: Beaussant Lefevre, Art d’Asie, 20 Novembre 2008, Paris, lot 225. French private collection, acquired from the above.
Active at the turn of the 18th-19th century, Toju is considered to be the most gifted of Iizuka Toyo's pupils and is believed to have become his successor. For further information on the artist see Earle, Joe [ed.] (1995) The Index of Inro Artists, p. 292.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related yamimaki inro with insects, by Koma Kansai, dated to the 19th century, at Lempertz, Auktion 1124, 7 December 2018, Cologne, lot 550 (sold for EUR 13,125).
By Kanshosai Toju(sai), signed Toju 桃壽 and kakihan
Japan, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)
Of upright rectangular shape, lacquered in yamimaki-e (black on black lacquer). The design masterfully depicts three crows in flight, with two on one side and the third on the reverse. The interior cases of red lacquer with gold fundame rims.
LENGTH 4.4 cm, HEIGHT 7.8 cm
Condition: Good condition with minuscule nicks to edges and some general wear throughout.
Provenance: Beaussant Lefevre, Art d’Asie, 20 Novembre 2008, Paris, lot 225. French private collection, acquired from the above.
Active at the turn of the 18th-19th century, Toju is considered to be the most gifted of Iizuka Toyo's pupils and is believed to have become his successor. For further information on the artist see Earle, Joe [ed.] (1995) The Index of Inro Artists, p. 292.
Auction comparison:
Compare a related yamimaki inro with insects, by Koma Kansai, dated to the 19th century, at Lempertz, Auktion 1124, 7 December 2018, Cologne, lot 550 (sold for EUR 13,125).
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Auction: Timed Auction Japanese Miniature Art - Netsuke, Sagemono & Sword Fittings, ending 26th Jul, 2025
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