Modern, Post-War and Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts and Wine

Online-Only Auction, 22 - 29 March 2021

Chinese Porcelain and Works of Art

Sold for

ZAR 2 345
Lot 159
  • A Japanese tobacco pouch (Tabako-ire), Meiji period, 1868-1912


Lot Estimate
ZAR 2 000 - 3 000
Selling Price
Incl. Buyer's Premium & VAT
ZAR 2 345

About this Item

A Japanese tobacco pouch (Tabako-ire), Meiji period, 1868-1912

the textile pouch applied with silver peony clasp, the cord with a ojime, signed, moulded in high relief with blossoms, the kagamibuta netsuke with ivory bowl enclosing a plaque depicting a scholar reading a scroll, with gilt highlights, the pouch 8,2 by 10,9cm; and a Japanese bronze box, Meiji period, 1868-1912, rectangular, the hinged cover carved in high relief with a cloud border enclosing a pair of cranes before a riverscape, bamboo and blossoms, the sides with a continuous scene of a seki takehiko, and applied with sparrows in flight above waves in shakudo, gilt interior, dents, 5,5cm wide

*This lot is not suitable for export

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