Japanese
A Japanese Three Case Inro with Rooster Netsuke and Monkey Ojime, 19th Century 明治时代十九世紀 木彫嬰戯圖印籠 猿緒締 諫鼓鶏根付
lacquer and wood
3 1/4 x 2 1/8 x 0 7/8 in, 8.4 x 5.4 x 2.5 cm
Estimate: $2,000 - $4,000 CAD
Preview at: Heffel Toronto – 13 Hazelton Ave
PROVENANCE
Gurie Gallery, Montreal
Estate of Henry Handel (1916-1972), owner of Everyman’s Bookshop, Montreal, 1950s
By descent to the present Private Collection, Montreal
A three-case wood inro, carved in low relief with a scene of Chinese boys at play surrounded by blooming chrysanthemums, set against a delicately carved background of endless-fortune motifs. Together with a finely carved monkey ojime and a netsuke carved as a rooster on a drum (kanko dori), inscribed to the base with a related kanshi poem, “kankokokefukaku toriodorokanu.”
「諫鼓苔深鳥不驚 」
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