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live December 5 | 10:00 AM
Boischaut SAS

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Estimation

€120 - 150

Sale fees

23%

Set including: - A brooch-mounted kanamono with an iroe-takazogan design depicting an erotic scene between a foreigner (presumably a Dutch sailor known as an Orandajin) and a geisha. This piece likely originated from a tobacco box (tabako-ire). Two-character signature in a cartouche on the left by Kikugawa 菊川. Japan, late Edo period, 19th century. Dimensions: 2.2 x 5.2 cm. - A circular kanamono piece decorated with inlays of metal alloys, known as iroe-takazogan, depicting Benkei. Possibly later reworked into a button. Japan, late Edo period–early Meiji era (1868–1912), 19th century. Diameter: 2.3 cm. (Signs of wear). For a comparable piece also signed by Kikugawa 菊川 and accompanied by its leather tobacco pouch, see lot 3148 from the Bonhams New York auction of March 19, 2014. Expert: Bastien LARNAUD, expert in Asian arts

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Auction details

Memories of a castle in the Périgord and the singer from Mexico's house in Le Vésinet
Saturday, December 5
10:00 AM
30, rue Delambre
75014 Paris, France

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Boischaut SAS +33 1 61 08 61 00 ventesauxencheres@boischaut.fr
On Drouot for 5 years avec More than 10,000 lots published

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