Posted 10 years ago
justjeff2
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Bought it in Japan, about 20 years ago, but I think it it Chinese. I believe the dragon is made from ivory. It has 5 segments which you can pull apart. So maybe for tobacco or medicine. The red lacquer has a beautiful black and gold dragon with the tail finishing on the other side.
It is just a beautiful piece would love to know exactly what it could have been used for.
Inr?.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inr?
Japanese.
Inro.
Sorry. CW still does not use some characters.
justjeff2, a really wonderful, complete inro. Here is comprehensive information on Japanese inros and netsukes from the Victoria and Albert Museum:
http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/n/netsuke-inro/
And some extraordinary inros with detailed descriptions, from the V & A:
http://collections.vam.ac.uk/search/?offset=0&limit=45&narrow=1&extrasearch=&q=inro&commit=Search&quality=1&objectnamesearch=&placesearch=&after=&after-adbc=AD&before=&before-adbc=AD&namesearch=&materialsearch=&mnsearch=&locationsearch=
Wow thanks so much I believe you are right it is an inro. The pictures from the museum are just beautiful and yes it looks so similar. And yes I think it is lion now I have viewed more of the Japanese inros. Thanks so much it is great to actually have a name for this piece!
Will send some pictures of Thai antiques, also my other favs! Cheers
insert waki ( lempertz and sumi )
awfull nervous here , because i am not skilled enough and the stakes are awfully high
i am not an expert , and i talk rubbish all the time and you need an expert ( and an awfull good one)
this a 4 case inro ( not a 5 case inro) just semantics
the first question is it the right stuff for an inro , with other words are we going to be railroded in a so called sakura - bark , no we aint
IMO we are in an takamaki e inro combined with an hiramaki-e technik and for the contrast dark sumi and kirigane
we can,t judge nashiji , because you did,not provide the photo
how about the netsuke , well i am blatantly ignorant ( i am Dutch!)i always mix them up (kara ) SHIShi , KIrin Komainu variation < IMO opinion it is just a Shishi
It is celluloid or raisen , don,t know no skill ( and very bad eyes, looks good
IMO the question is why is the sumi so light, i guess , it could be transitional EDO sumiis darker , so maybe it could be something like 1870
i could state complete bullshit , but i have digged VERY DEEP, even when it is a complete fake it is value , and you need a REAL ! good expert , because the stakes are VERY HIGH !
addendum you have to knock gently on the inro the get possible boxwood out of the
equiation