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A FINE WOOD TONKOTSU WITH DRAGONS AND A TIGER
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05月09日 晚上7点 开拍 / 05月07日 下午3点 截止委托
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A FINE WOOD TONKOTSU WITH DRAGONS AND A TIGER

Unsigned
Japan, 19th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

The tobacco box of rounded square form, exquisetely carved from boxwood. One side is adorned with two sinuous dragons and the other with a majestic tiger, depicted in motion and looking back, its fur meticulously striped. The dramatic scene is set against a carved ground of bamboo and clouds. The eyes of each are double inlaid in pale horn with gilt pupils.

HEIGHT 7.7 cm, LENGTH 8.5 cm

Condition: Excellent condition with only minor wear.
Provenance: Ex-collection M. Mauger und M. Baudoin (with an attached old auction label ‘Acquin v. le Portier le 24 Janvier 1922 280 + 17,50 = 329.‘). Sold at Hotel Drouot, Objets d’Art d’Extreme-Orient – Ceramique de la Chine et du Japon, 24 – 25 January 1922, Paris lot 218. Sold at Hotel Drouot, 18 October 1960, Paris, lot 31 (with an attached old auction label ’In-niku-baku no. 31 du catalogue du 18 oct. 1960 bois naturel – dragons affrontes a une chimère XVIII siecle’ and an old auction label inside the box ‘31’).

Tiger and dragon are Chinese cosmological symbols of the balancing forces in the world, yin (the feminine aspect) and yang (the masculine aspect). The tiger's roar is also said to generate wind, and the dragon clouds. The screens may have originally been meant to express the fluctuating nature of the world as envisioned in the practice of military divination, or forecasting, based on the Yijing (Book of Changes).

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拍品估价:1,500 - 3,000 欧元 起拍价格:1,500 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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