Japanese Works of Art - 13th November 2025

Lot 807

λ A COLLECTION OF JAPANESE SAGEMONO (HANGING OBJECTS)

Estimate £300 - £500 | Hammer £178

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Description

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

Including: a tabako-ire (tobacco pouch), the clasp engraved with Immortals and signed Tenmin o with kao for Asama Tenmin (b.1799); a tonkotsu (tobacco pouch) made from a turtle carapace; a kinchaku (fabric pouch) with a glass ojime and a bamboo netsuke; and a velvet pouch; 18cm max. (4)

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

WITHOUT RESERVE