Lot n° 168
Estimation :
500 - 800
EUR
Japan, 19th century - Lot 168
Japan, 19th century
Leather tobacco ring and netsuke kagamibuta consisting of an ivory bowl and an incised copper alloy plate of an actor in the role of Benkei, dressed as a yamabushi (mountain ascetic) and reading a scroll - a scene from the kabuki play Kanjinchô (The Subscription Register), with inlays of gold, silver, copper and shakudo details, signed Negishi Shûraku 根岸秀樂 and kakihan, a silk cord binding the set.
Netsuke: Diam. 4 cm and H. 1.7 cm; tobacco pouch L. 19 cm
Provenance:
Collection of Mme R.
CITES certificate enclosed.
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