Decorative Arts, Furniture and Jewellery

Live Virtual Auction, 4 - 5 April 2022

Asian Art
  • A Japanese tonkotsu and kiseruzutsu, Meiji period, 1868-1912


Lot Estimate Change Currency
ZAR 5 000 - 7 000USD 289 - 405
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About this Item

A Japanese tonkotsu and kiseruzutsu, Meiji period, 1868-1912
the tonkotsu of lacquered wood, the front with a removable carved netsuke of a mask of Daruma, with red-lacquered double noh mask ojime, the kiseruzutsu in the form of Ashinaga, the eyes inlaid with horn, standing on a trunk with both arms raised and fitted with a bamboo and brass pipe, unsigned, the kiseruzutsu 21cm high; and a Japanese tonkotsu , Meiji period, 1868-1912, the carved lacquered, ivory and mother-of-pearl inlaid tonkotsu depicting a sleeping figure holding a mushroom in his right hand, his drum to the side, the reverse with two rats, the detachable cover inlaid with an ivory scroll and mother-of-pearl beads, with a carved ivory netsuke in the form of a fruit, 8,5cm high

*This lot is not suitable for export

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Provenance

Property of an Oriental Collector.



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