TWO EMBROIDERED HITOTSUSAGE WITH IVORY KAGAMIBUTA, ONE MOUNTED WITH A POCKET WATCH BY CHEVALIER

Description:

Japan, 19th c./Meiji-Periode
Tasche 14 x 9,5 cm/ 13,5 x 9,2 cm, Kagamibuta D. 5,4 cm/ 5,5 cm
Embroidered hitotsuage with flowering irises next to a runnel. Brass kanamono en suite, attached to a ten-strand brass chain with an ivory kagamibuta decorated with floral sprays inlaid with mother-of pearl, reworked as a holder for a pocket watch. The watch with white enamel dial with Arabic numbers, small seconds and fine hands. - Embroidered hitotsuage depicting aa dragon and Mount Fuji between clouds. Silver kanamono with corresponding motif, attached to a ten-strand brass chain with ivory kagamibuta and brass plate decorated with a dragon.
From a German private collection, acquired prior to 2005, the Hitotsusage with pocket watch acquired from Dorotheum, Vienna, Auction 1.666a, 9.12.1992, lot 90 - The sales permit for this lot is available - Minor wear, one Hitotsusage with only a few loose threads, the watch without function