λ A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SAGEMONO (HANGING OBJECTS)

λ A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SAGEMONO (HANGING OBJECTS)
EDO/MEIJI, 18TH/19TH CENTURY

Including: a large rectangular tabako-ire (tobacco pouch) made of thick fabric embroidered with floral designs and with a large metal clasp, engraved with Immortals amongst clouds and signed Tenmin o with kao for Asama Tenmin (b.1799); a tonkotsu (tobacco pouch) made from a turtle carapace, with a lacquered lid and attached to two brushes and a small scoop; a kinchaku (fabric pouch) with a glass ojime and a netsuke made of a section of bamboo; and a small velvet pouch, possibly Chinese; 18cm max. (4)

Provenance: from the collection of William Cleverley Alexander (1840-1916), and thence by descent.

Cf. Eskenazi, Japanese Netsuke, Ojime and Inro from a private European collection, p. 139, no. 164 for a netsuke by Tenmin.