Lot Essay
The textured lacquers and the use of the character sane (shin) in the name suggest that this artist may have been a follower or pupil of Shibata Zeshin (1807-1891).
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SIGNED NOBUZANE, EDO/MEIJI PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A LACQUERED KISERUZUTSU [PIPECASE]
Signed Nobuzane, Edo/Meiji Period (19th Century)
Black lacquer ground covered in crushed eggshell mosaic and overlaid in tetsusabinuri and other textured lacquer finishes with four spear- and arrow-heads, shakudo, silver, copper and gilt fitting, signed in gold hiramaki-e towards one end Nobuzane, metal ojime with the three sacred monkeys
9in. (23cm.) long
Signed Nobuzane, Edo/Meiji Period (19th Century)
Black lacquer ground covered in crushed eggshell mosaic and overlaid in tetsusabinuri and other textured lacquer finishes with four spear- and arrow-heads, shakudo, silver, copper and gilt fitting, signed in gold hiramaki-e towards one end Nobuzane, metal ojime with the three sacred monkeys
9in. (23cm.) long
Provenance
Henry Charles Clifford Collection
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