Lot 770 D α

A tagayasan wood kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century

Auction 1166 - overview Cologne
16.12.2020, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 4.000 € - 4.500 €
Result: 5.000 € (incl. premium)

A tagayasan wood kiseruzutsu. Late 19th century

Displaying a European putto as Amor carrying a quiver and holding an arrow and a bird amidst foliage inlayed in stained ivory and mother-of-pearl in a red and gold lacquered panel. Signed with an red lacquer seal.
L 21,3 cm

Provenance

Rosemary Bandini Japanese Art, London 2009
Edward Wrangham, Northumberland, paper label with the handwritten number 2353, sold at Bonhams, London, 6.11.2013, lot 96
Collection Jacques Carré (1927-2015), Kapellen, Belgium

Literature

Illustrated in: Max Rutherston, Kitsuengu From Jacques Carré and others, London 2018, cat. no. 1