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AN UMIMATSU NETSUKE OF TWO PERSIMMONS
奥地利
2023年12月01日 开拍 / 2023年11月29日 截止委托
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AN UMIMATSU NETSUKE OF TWO PERSIMMONS

Unsigned
Japan, 18th century, Edo period (1615-1868)

Naturalistically carved, the pair of persimmons joined together by a leafy stem. The generously excavated himotoshi between the two fruits. The umimatsu has a rich, attractive grain with beautiful marbling and red and yellow inclusions.

LENGTH 4.3 cm

Condition: Good condition with minor wear, natural flaws, and expected age cracks.
Provenance: Gallery Van Stockum, The Hague, 23 June 1955. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above, and thence by descent. Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France’s post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976).

Umimatsu (lit. ‘sea pine’), commonly known as black coral, is a soft deep-water coral. Many patterns of growth are unique to black coral, growing in whips, trees, fans, or coils, and their size ranges from 10 to 300 cm. While it is commonly used in various forms of jewelry in Japanese art, it is also believed to have apotropaic power and is for this reason used in various medical treatments as well.

Auction comparison
Compare a related umimatsu netsuke depicting nasubi, signed Kaigyokusai, at Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 29 October 2021, Vienna, lot 74 (sold for EUR 12,640).

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拍品估价:300 - 600 欧元 起拍价格:300 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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