Lot Essay
PUBLISHED:
Alexander G. Moslé, Japanische Kunstwerke: Waffen, Schwertzieraten, Lacke, Gewebe, Holzschnitte, Sammlung Moslé, exh. cat. (Berlin: Konigliches Kunstgewerbe Museum, 1909).
Henry L. Joly, Japanese Works of Art Selected form the Moslé Collection, reprint of Leipzig, 1914 (Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1914), plate 117.
Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke, and Tsuba, exh. cat. (New York: Japan Society, 1972), no. 177.
Alexander Georg Moslé (1862-1949) was a German businessman who represented a Krupp subsidiary in Japan in the 19th century. He formed a distinguished art collection during his years in Japan (1884-1907) with the help of Japanese experts.
Alexander G. Moslé, Japanische Kunstwerke: Waffen, Schwertzieraten, Lacke, Gewebe, Holzschnitte, Sammlung Moslé, exh. cat. (Berlin: Konigliches Kunstgewerbe Museum, 1909).
Henry L. Joly, Japanese Works of Art Selected form the Moslé Collection, reprint of Leipzig, 1914 (Leipzig: E.A. Seemann, 1914), plate 117.
Harold P. Stern, The Magnificent Three: Lacquer, Netsuke, and Tsuba, exh. cat. (New York: Japan Society, 1972), no. 177.
Alexander Georg Moslé (1862-1949) was a German businessman who represented a Krupp subsidiary in Japan in the 19th century. He formed a distinguished art collection during his years in Japan (1884-1907) with the help of Japanese experts.