A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE UnsignedJapan, 19t...
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted within its carapace, its shell rendered naturalistically. The reptile has it...
EUR 2020-09-25
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted within its carapace. The reptile has its head reared slightly...
EUR 2020-03-27
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, 19...
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted within its carapace. The reptile has its head reared slightly to the left a...
EUR 2020-03-27
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, 19 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted within its carapace, which is carved with finely detailed plates. The ...
EUR 2023-11-03
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted within its carapace, its shell rendered naturalistically. The repti...
EUR 2020-09-25
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, ...
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted within its carapace, its shell rendered naturalistically. The reptile has...
EUR 2020-09-25
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE
A FINE THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted within its carapace, which is carved with finely detailed plates. The r...
EUR 2023-11-03
HIDARI ISSAN: A SUPERB THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE
HIDARI ISSAN: A SUPERB THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE By Hidari Issan, signed Hidari Issan 左一山 Japan, Iwashiro province, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted ...
EUR 2024-05-03
HIDARI ISSAN: A SUPERB THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE
HIDARI ISSAN: A SUPERB THREE-CASE WOOD INRO OF A TORTOISE By Hidari Issan, signed Hidari Issan 左一山 Japan, Iwashiro province, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracte...
EUR 2024-05-03
HIDARI ISSAN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE
HIDARI ISSAN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE By Hidari Issan, signed Hidari Issan 左 一山 Japan, Iwashiro province, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted within...
EUR 2025-05-09
SHIGEYOSHI: A FINE EBONY WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE By Shige...
SHIGEYOSHI: A FINE EBONY WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE By Shigeyoshi, signed Shigeyoshi Japan, Iwami province, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published : Earle, Huthart, p.362, no.339. Finely carved as a tortoise almost completely retracted ...
EUR 2019-11-02
SHOKO: A MAGNIFICENT WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE By Suganayo ...
SHOKO: A MAGNIFICENT WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE By Suganayo Shoko, signed Shichiju ni o suga (no) ya Shoko Japan, Hida, ca. 1870 (carved at the age of 72) Published : F. Meinertzhagen, MCI, Part B, New York, 1986, p. 746. Lazarnick, George, Netsuke a...
EUR 2019-11-02
SHOZAN: A RARE FOUR-CASE WOOD INRO WITH DRAGON
SHOZAN: A RARE FOUR-CASE WOOD INRO WITH DRAGON Signed Shozan with seal Okuyama Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Finely carved and depicting a dragon among billowing clouds, Mount Fuji in the background, the reverse showing an old pine tree...
EUR 2020-03-27
HIDARI ISSAN: A FINE TWO-CASE WOOD INRO WITH TORTOISES
HIDARI ISSAN: A FINE TWO-CASE WOOD INRO WITH TORTOISES By Hidari Issan, signed Hidari Issan 左一山 with kakihan ‘toku’ Japan, Iwashiro province, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved with three tortoises in low relief, with ...
EUR 2024-11-08
TOMIN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE WITH FIVE YOUNG
TOMIN: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE WITH FIVE YOUNG By Tomin, signed Tomin 東岷 Japan, Tsu, early 19 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Finely carved as a large turtle almost completely retracted within its carapace, five of its young clamber...
EUR 2021-10-29
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A RETRACTED TORTOISE UnsignedJapan, 18th c...
A WOOD NETSUKE OF A RETRACTED TORTOISE Unsigned Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) This early netsuke depicts a tortoise with its head, legs and tail completely retracted inside its carapace. The surface has a very appealing patina and is sm...
EUR 2019-11-02
SHUGETSU: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE
SHUGETSU: A FINE WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE By Hara Shugetsu, signed Shugetsu 舟月 Japan, Edo (Tokyo), mid-19 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Naturalistically carved as a tortoise with its limbs almost entirely retracted within its carapace, it...
EUR 2023-11-03
HIDARI ISSAN: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF A COILED SMOOTH DRAGO...
HIDARI ISSAN: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF A COILED SMOOTH DRAGON By Hidari Issan, signed Hidari Issan 左一山 Japan, Iwashiro, c. 1840, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Bandini, Rosemary (2019) The Larry Caplan Collection of Japanese Netsuke, pp. 42-43, no...
EUR 2020-09-25
HIDARI ISSAN: A BOXWOOD MASK NETSUKE OF OTO
HIDARI ISSAN: A BOXWOOD MASK NETSUKE OF OTO By Hidari Issan, signed Hidari Issan Japan, Iwashiro, first half of 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Rutherston, Max (2017) Japanese Masks, Peter E. Müller, no. 97. This pale boxwood netsuke ...
EUR 2020-03-27
SUEYOSHI SEKISHU: AN EBONY WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE
SUEYOSHI SEKISHU: AN EBONY WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE By Sueyoshi Sekishu, signed hachijurokusai Sekishu Japan, Iwami province, late 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Earle, Joe (2000) The Robert S. Huthart Collection of I...
EUR 2020-03-27
HIDARI ISSAN: A KURUMI NETSUKE OF A QUAIL By Hidari Issan, s...
HIDARI ISSAN: A KURUMI NETSUKE OF A QUAIL By Hidari Issan, signed Hidari Issan 左一山 Japan, Iwashiro, early to mid-19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Carved from a kurumi (walnut) and depicting a plump quail, the feet and wings finely carved. The eye...
EUR 2020-09-25
A FINE TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH SHISHI BY CHINEIBy Chinei ...
A FINE TWO-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH SHISHI BY CHINEI By Chinei (inro), lacquered wood inro and marine ivory netsuke Japan, 18th and 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The black two-case inro in roironuri shows on both sides lively shishi in a tussle,...
EUR 2019-04-27
YOSHIMASA: A VERY FINE SHIBAYAMA INLAID THREE-CASE WOOD INRO...
YOSHIMASA: A VERY FINE SHIBAYAMA INLAID THREE-CASE WOOD INRO DEPICTING HOTEIBy Sakiyama Yoshimasa, signed Shen Nanpin (Nanping Shenquan) no zu ni motte, Seikotei ni oite kore o hori utsusu, Sakiyama Yoshimasa zo Japan, second half of 19th centuryA su...
EUR 2020-03-27
A MAGNIFICENT NETSUKE OF A MONKEY AND TORTOISE BY HOGEN RANT...
A MAGNIFICENT NETSUKE OF A MONKEY AND TORTOISE BY HOGEN RANTEI Ivory netsuke Japan, Kyoto late 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868) A fine, compact and characteristically for the artist, small ivory netsuke of a monkey seated on top of a large tortoi...
EUR 2018-11-24
SHIBAYAMA AND SHOKASAI: A VERY FINE INLAID FOUR-CASE INRO WI...
SHIBAYAMA AND SHOKASAI: A VERY FINE INLAID FOUR-CASE INRO WITH SHISHI The lacquer work by Shokasai and the inlay by the Shibayama family, signed Shokasai and Shibayama Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) A four-case inro with a gold kinji gro...
EUR 2020-03-27
KANO TOMOKAZU: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE
KANO TOMOKAZU: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF A TORTOISE By Kano Tomokazu, signed Tomokazu 友一 Japan, Gifu or Nagoya, c. 1830, Edo period (1615-1868) Published: Davey, Neil K. (1974) Netsuke: A comprehensive study based on the M.T. Hindson Collection, p...
EUR 2022-04-22
SHUZAN: A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO MONKEYS MOUNTING A TORTOISE
SHUZAN: A WOOD NETSUKE OF TWO MONKEYS MOUNTING A TORTOISE By Shuzan, signed Shuzan 舟山 Japan, Edo (Tokyo), mid-19 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) An amusing and well-sized wood netsuke of two monkeys mounting a tortoise, armed with a rope, one...
EUR 2021-10-29
HIDARI ISSAN: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF A RECUMBENT OX
HIDARI ISSAN: A SUPERB WOOD NETSUKE OF A RECUMBENT OX By Hidari Issan, signed Hidari Issan 左一山 Japan, Iwashiro Province, c. 1840, Edo period (1615-1868) Finely carved as a recumbent ox, bearing irresistible character and charm, the carving somewha...
EUR 2023-11-03
A RARE THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH AN ELEPHANT BY YOZANLacq...
A RARE THREE-CASE LACQUER INRO WITH AN ELEPHANT BY YOZAN Lacquer inro with colours and bone Japan 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) A three-case inro with a large, caparisoned elephant in takamaki-e on the front side. The animal is carrying a larg...
EUR 2018-11-24
HIDARI ISSAN: A FINE KURUMI NETSUKE OF A ROLY POLY DARUMA By...
HIDARI ISSAN: A FINE KURUMI NETSUKE OF A ROLY POLY DARUMA By Hidari Issan, signed Issan 一山 Japan, Iwashiro, early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) A fine and humorous kurumi (walnut) netsuke depicting a rolling daruma completely enveloped in his ...
EUR 2020-09-25