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🄵 A FINE LACQUER HAKO NETSUKE DEPICTING AUTUMNAL FLOWERS 🄵 A FINE LACQUER HAKO NETSUKE DEPICTING AUTUMNAL FLOWERS Unsigned Japan, 19 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The two-part hako (box) netsuke bearing a highly attractive roiro ground and lacquered in rich gold takamaki-e and e-nashiji with blooming autumn flowers amongst leaves, the details embellished with kirigane flakes. The interior of dense nashiji with gold fundame rims. Central himotoshi to the back, the cord attachment within. LENGTH 3.2 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, the kirigane with typical wear and some losses. Provenance: Tamenne Gallery, Brussels, December 26, 1967. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above, and thence by descent within the same family. An old collector’s label, ‘N 289 bis.’ 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 Asian 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).

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🄵 A FINE LACQUER HAKO NETSUKE DEPICTING AUTUMNAL FLOWERS 🄵 A FINE LACQUER HAKO NETSUKE DEPICTING AUTUMNAL FLOWERS Unsigned Japan, 19 th century, Edo period (1615-1868) The two-part hako (box) netsuke bearing a highly attractive roiro ground and lacquered in rich gold takamaki-e and e-nashiji with blooming autumn flowers amongst leaves, the details embellished with kirigane flakes. The interior of dense nashiji with gold fundame rims. Central himotoshi to the back, the cord attachment within. LENGTH 3.2 cm Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, the kirigane with typical wear and some losses. Provenance: Tamenne Gallery, Brussels, December 26, 1967. Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above, and thence by descent within the same family. An old collector’s label, ‘N 289 bis.’ 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 Asian 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).

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