antique japanese lacquer

Tanto Sue-Seki in koshirae PERIODLate Muromachi period: Mino, 16th centuryNAGASA28.7 cmMOTOHABA2.8cm MOTOKASANE6 mm, sakikasane: 4 mmSUGATA[configuration]: solid hira-zukuri, iori-muneKITAE[forging pattern]: itame hadaHAMON[tempering pattern]: gunome midare with choji and yahazu, areas of abundant sunagashi and tobiyakiHORIMONO[carving]: narrow bo-hi on both sidesBOSHI[point]: jizo mixed with hakikake on ura side.NAKAGO[tang]:  ubu, katte-sagari yasurime; two mekugi-anaMEIKanetsuji 兼辻 KOSHIRAEThe blade comes with a very good koshirae with shakudo-nanako and gold Goto-...

 Signed: Hidari Issan with ‘Toku’ kao.Iwashiro, Edo Period, 19th centuryHeight: 8cm One side finely carved with a large turtle and the other with a turtle with cub.The inner compartments are in black roiro lacquer.Hidari Issan is best known for his carvings of turtles and produced a number of turtle-shaped netsuke and inro. The same subject but in relief, as in this case, is quite rare. 

Wood sculpture; the eye inlaid in blue glassLenght: 41.5 cm The high-relief sculpture shows a keen-eyed hawk peering down, with the left wing partially open. The finely modelled head is slightly turned to the left with a fierce expression, with the hooked beak open. The feathers are meticulously rendered with fine carving, while the back is left unrefined, as the model is intended to be seen from the front only, being probably an architectural element from a temple. On the back, a long inscription accompanied to a large seal is written in red lacquer, including the dating of the...

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