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Lot 319 Dα

A three-case tsuishū inrō. Around 1850-1870

Auction 1259 - overview Cologne
10.12.2024, 11:00 - Asian Art
Estimate: 1.200 € - 1.500 €
Result: 2.268 € (incl. premium)
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A three-case tsuishū inrō. Around 1850-1870

Carved in relief with the immortal Shōriken riding his magical sword over waves, on the other side an immortal sitting on a rock by the seashore and holding a scroll, surrounded by cloud patterns in guri style with beige lines. Black lacquer to the inside. Signed in seal script Sonsei (Zonsei) saku. Small ojime in the style of carved lacquer.
Height 7.8 cm; width 6.3 cm

Murakami Sonsei (1825-1876) was one of the outstanding lacquer masters in Tsurugaoka (Uzen province, present Yamagata prefecture).

Provenance

From the collection of Dr Reinhard Lohrberg (1943–2024), Hanover, acquired from Robert Fleischel (Sagemonoya), Tokyo, 20.8.2008

Literature

Illustrated in: Netsuke and Sagemono Omnibus, Sagemonoya, Tokyo 2008, p. 68, no. 147, and Heinz and Else Kress, Le Sculpteur de Laque Murakami Nakayasu (1825-1876), qui signait Sonsei (Murayasu), première partie, in: Le Bulletin Association Franco-Japonaise, no. 142 (autumn 2019), p. 46, fig. 10