A WOOD SINGLE-CASE TONKOTSU

EDO PERIOD (19TH CENTURY)

细节

A WOOD SINGLE-CASE TONKOTSU
Edo Period (19th Century)
Imitating a gilded leather tobacco case and carved in relief with karashishi and flowers on a stylised shippo brocade ground, a decorative clasp modelled as a karashishi head, along with a netsuke of a karashishi resting on a bowl, with signature Minkoku
The inro 4.1/8in. (10.5cm.) high and the netsuke 1½in. (4cm.)

拍品专文

This unusual 19th century tonkotsu is carved from wood, lightly gilded, the gilding rubbed to imitate an old, gilded, 'Spanish' leather tonkotsu, the leatherwork of which is embossed with a fierce, seated karashishi on each side. There is, curiously, however nothing to distinguish the 'leather' pouch from the 'metal' catch.