LOT DETAILS

Materials:

iron

Size Notes:

The netsuke 3.2 × 2.7 × 1.4 cm (1¼ × 1 × ½ in.)

Description:

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Markings:

The inrō signed in scratched characters on the base near one of the cord-runners Zeshin 是真 ~ The netsuke signed in scratched characters on the base Zeshin 是真

Condition:

With fitted wooden storage box

Exhibited:

Exhibited and published: ~ Stern 1972, cat. no. 164 ( inrō) ~ Pekarik 1980, cat. no. 79 ~ Eskenazi 1990, cat. no. 79 ~ Nezu Bijutsukan 2012, cat. no. 87

Provenance:

Inrō: ~ Vever Collection ~ Vignier Collection ~ Densmore Collection ~ Bess Collection ~ Greenfield Collection, sold in 1990 ~ Netsuke: ~ Hayashi Collection, sold in 1902 ~ Vever Collection ~ Greenfield Collection, sold in 1990