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FINE CARVED Japanese POWDER FLASK w/ SAGEMONO browse these categories for related items... All Items: Archives:Regional Art:Asian:Japanese: Pre 1900: item # 134413 Please refer to our stock # SAR729 when inquiring.
The Kura 16-1 ShimoWakakusa-Cho Murasakino Kita-ku Kyoto 603-8234 tel.81-75-432-6980 Guest Book Sold, Thank you 840.00 |
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| A superbly crafted 19th Century kayaku-ire decorated with maki-e lacquer work, judging by size for a black powder pistol, made of a wooden body with bamboo cap with a bone stopper attached by a chain and complete with a sagemono (netsuke) of highly polished wood. This piece likely dates form the late Edo or very early Meiji period. The narrow body is cut from a single block of wood, the entire surface deeply carved with crashing waves under a turbulent sky. Sliding over this is a highly polished bamboo end decorated in gold maki-e with birds and a crescent moon on one side, birds and a three quarter moon on the other. In the center is a silver metal fringe wrapping down both sides, from the center of which rises the conical spout, also decorated with maki-e birds. Two ropes penetrate the item, and binding them is the first link in a silver chain that holds the bone stopper. On the other end of the ropes is a highly polished branch of dark wood attached by a ring on chrysanthemum shaped studs. The body of the powder flask (excluding the spout) is 2-3/4 by 2-1/2 by 1/2 inches (7 x 6.5 x 1.5 cm). The sagemono is 2-1/4 inches (5.5 cm) long, and would have been passed through the belt to secure the item to the owners waist. | ||||||||||
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