Three kagamibuta with fine metal plates in iroe-takazogan

Description:

Japan, 19th cent.
D. 4,4/ 4,5/ 3,8 cm
2 capsules each of ivory, one capsule of maritime ivory. Sennin, fox with mushroom and novel scene finely worked in coloured metal with silver and gold.
From an old private collection Rhineland, collected before 1985, coll. no. 50 (with annotation China Bohlken 8/(19)72; no. 49 (with annotation 10/(19)76 Heidelberg - The EU trade certificate for the sale of this lot is available - Minim. traces of wear