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UNIDENTIFIED SEAL, EDO PERIOD (EARLY 19TH CENTURY)
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Unidentified seal, Edo Period (Early 19th Century)
Rounded rectangular with attached himotoshi, black lacquer ground, decoration in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and gold foil, inlaid in mother of pearl and coloured ceramic with chrysanthemums among rockwork and scholar's brushes in a brushpot, compartments and risers gold nashiji, with unidentified ceramic double-gourd form seal on the base, manju netsuke, black lacquer ground, decoration in gold hiramaki-e with chrysanthemums, gold nashiji interior, unsigned, 19th Century
2¾in. (7cm.)
Unidentified seal, Edo Period (Early 19th Century)
Rounded rectangular with attached himotoshi, black lacquer ground, decoration in gold hiramaki-e, takamaki-e and gold foil, inlaid in mother of pearl and coloured ceramic with chrysanthemums among rockwork and scholar's brushes in a brushpot, compartments and risers gold nashiji, with unidentified ceramic double-gourd form seal on the base, manju netsuke, black lacquer ground, decoration in gold hiramaki-e with chrysanthemums, gold nashiji interior, unsigned, 19th Century
2¾in. (7cm.)
Provenance
Charles A. Greenfield
Victor Rienaecker
Demaree and Dorothy Bess
Victor Rienaecker
Demaree and Dorothy Bess
Literature
Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three, Lacquer, Netsuke and Tsuba, Selections from the Collection of Charles A. Greenfield, Japan House Gallery, Japan Society (New York, 1972), no. 28.
Exhibited
Japan House Gallery, Japan Society, New York, 1972.
Special notice
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