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TWO TWO-CASE AND THREE-CASE INRO OF WOOD AND LACQUER TWO TWO-CASE AND THREE-CASE INRO OF WOOD AND LACQUER Unsigned Japan, 18 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The first, a two-case inro with a fine roiro ground and lacquered in reddish-brown with a continuous frame of a coastline spotted with small ships and trees with Mount Fuji towering in the background. The cord with a pink-glass ojime. The second three-case inro of wood carved in high relief with scholars beneath pine trees on a wave ground, one reading a book and the other holding coral and a fan with his attendant. The top and bottom carved with kiku blossoms. HEIGHT 7.1 cm (the first) and 8.9 cm (the second), LENGTH 6.2 cm and 5.3 cm Condition: The first in good condition with wear, manufacturing irregularities, thin cracks, minor nicks, and small losses. The second with extensive wear, age cracks, chips, losses, and associated repairs. Provenance: Galerie Vanderstraaten, Brussels, 4 December 1943. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above. Old label to the interior, ‘L, 518’ and ‘L, 611.’ 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 Japanese and 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). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven’s museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privébezit (‘Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven’), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen (‘Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections’).

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TWO TWO-CASE AND THREE-CASE INRO OF WOOD AND LACQUER TWO TWO-CASE AND THREE-CASE INRO OF WOOD AND LACQUER Unsigned Japan, 18 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The first, a two-case inro with a fine roiro ground and lacquered in reddish-brown with a continuous frame of a coastline spotted with small ships and trees with Mount Fuji towering in the background. The cord with a pink-glass ojime. The second three-case inro of wood carved in high relief with scholars beneath pine trees on a wave ground, one reading a book and the other holding coral and a fan with his attendant. The top and bottom carved with kiku blossoms. HEIGHT 7.1 cm (the first) and 8.9 cm (the second), LENGTH 6.2 cm and 5.3 cm Condition: The first in good condition with wear, manufacturing irregularities, thin cracks, minor nicks, and small losses. The second with extensive wear, age cracks, chips, losses, and associated repairs. Provenance: Galerie Vanderstraaten, Brussels, 4 December 1943. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above. Old label to the interior, ‘L, 518’ and ‘L, 611.’ 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 Japanese and 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). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven’s museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privébezit (‘Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven’), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen (‘Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections’).

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