A bone pipe case inlaid with a geisha in metal over a rattan ground
A bone kiseruzutsu
By Sokoku, late 19th century
Of muso-zutsu type, inlaid on the fine simulated rattan ground with a bijin in shibuichi takazogan with details of gold, silver and copper, signed Sokoku.
21cm (8¼in).
Estimate:
£800 - 850
JPY 120,000 - 130,000
US$ 1,300 - 1,300

Footnotes

  • 網代組様骨彫貼付彫金きせる筒 美人 銘「宗谷」 19世紀後期

    Provenance: purchased from Malcolm Fairley, London, 2006.
    Wrangham collection, no.2239.

Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art


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