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Four Japanese Inro & netsuke, [4], 1] Japanese INRO with…
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Sydney
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8-May-2016
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Four Japanese Inro & netsuke, [4], 1] Japanese INRO with NETSTUKE, Edo to early Meiji period, c. 1830-1880, black lacquered and gold MAKIE with a hawk and sparrow and bamboo leaves on the red lacquered wooden ground, red lacquered wooden NETSUKE in the form of a gourd from with coral OJIME, 2] Japanese black and red lacquer Inro INRO with NETSTUKE, Edo period, c. 1750-1850, black lacquer body with red lacquer 4 case body inside. (design Unsure), Technique: Kurourushinuri Mori-makie, NETSUKE: bone in the form of a Cicada insect (head missing), OJIME: blue glass, 3] Japanese INRO with NETSTUKE, Edo period, c. 1750-1850, black lacquer relief decoration (Tsuikoku) with flowers and leaves on the black lacquered wooden ground. The NETSUKE of a Samurai is made of wood or resin, red coral OJIME, 4] Japanese INRO with NETSTUKE, Edo period, c. 1750-1850, gold MAKIE with mother-of-pearl work with chrysanthemum on the reddish black lacquered wooden ground. NASHIJI interior, the bone NETSUKE was carved as a dining table and small OJIME, Japanese traditional robes lacked pockets, objects were often carried by hanging them from the obi, belt or sash. Inro consist of a stack of tiny, nested boxes. They were most commonly used to carry identity seals & medicine. They were made by experts & known artists in a variety of material, mostly of wood covered by lacquer & then delicately painted or inlaid. The stack of boxes is held together by a cord that is laced through cord runners down one side, under the base, and up the opposite side. The ends of the cord are secured to a netsuke, a kind of toggle that is passed between the sash and pants, then hooked over the top of the sash to suspend the Inro. An ojime, or bead, is provided on the cords between the Inro and netsuke to hold the boxes together. This bead is slid down the two suspension cords to the top of the Inro to hold the stack together while the Inro is worn. The Inro & netsuke are an example of the highest artistic abilities of Japanese artists working in small scale objects. Provenance: Todd Barlin collection. 5.7 x 5.3 cm, 7 x 5 cm, 7.5 x 5.5 cm, 6.1 x 5.1 cm
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