Lot Essay
For the artist see George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How to Read Their Signatures (Honolulu, 1982), p.371-383.
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SIGNED JIKAN GANBUN, EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)
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A Bamboo Pipecase
Signed Jikan Ganbun, Edo Period (19th century)
The bamboo case with natural nodes, carved and inlaid in silver, brass and shakudo with ants crawling in and out of crevices, silver fittings
20.1cm. long
Signed Jikan Ganbun, Edo Period (19th century)
The bamboo case with natural nodes, carved and inlaid in silver, brass and shakudo with ants crawling in and out of crevices, silver fittings
20.1cm. long