LOT 0312 A METAL-INLAID LACQUER HAKO NETSUKE OF A CLAM
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A RARE METAL-INLAID LACQUER HAKO NETSUKE OF A HAMAGURI CLAM Unsigned Japan, 18th to early 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868) Exhibited: Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1972, no.10. The two-part hako (box) netsuke shaped as a hamaguri clam lacquered on the usu-nashiji ground with aquatic plants and the silver moon. The front is inlaid with two metal and one takamaki-e shell. The interior lacquered in black and with a looped cord attachmentLENGTH 4.7 cm Condition: Very good condition with only minimal wear to lacquer. Provenance: Ex-collection Edward A. 'Ted' Wrangham (1928-2009), who formed one of the most important collections of Japanese Art in modern times. His reference book 'The Index of Inro Artists' (1995) is considered one of the most important English-language studies on Japanese lacquer ever published.
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