Asian Art II - 18th May 2016
Lot 904
A JAPANESE WOOD AND METAL NETSUKE 19TH CENTURY Depicting a miniature matchlock pistol
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A JAPANESE WOOD AND METAL NETSUKE
19TH CENTURY
Depicting a miniature matchlock pistol, the iron barrel decorated with scrolling vines and flower mon in gold nunome zogan and set into a wood stock, the hammer decorated with a cherry floret at the hinge, with a ring to the underside, unsigned, 6.4cm.
Provenance: formerly in the Virginia Atchley Collection.
Cf. V Atchley and N K Davey, The Virginia Atchley Collection of Japanese Miniature Arts, N217 p.158, where this piece is illustrated.