INR?WITH PINES AND LANDSCAPE.
Japan. 19th/20th c.

Six partite with visible cord runner. Black and gold lacquer with hiramakie and okibirame. At one side a beach with thatched roofs under a huge pine tree; on the opposite side boats and a pair of salter buckets. Presumably a reference to the Noh play about the two sisters Matsukaze (pine breeze) and Murasame (autumn rain). Ojime from bronze with chrysanthemums. Height 9.2cm. Signed on the slightly curved bottom: Signed on the slightly rounded base: Jokasai; comare LA S. 535ff. Condition A/B. Supplement: Netsuke of a yawning man. Boxwood. Japan. 20th c. H. 3.8cm.Art trade; Van Ham.