A LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE OF DAIKOKU'S WISH-GRANTING MALLET, UCHIDE NO KOZUCHI
A LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE OF DAIKOKU'S WISH-GRANTING MALLET, UCHIDE NO KOZUCHI
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Japan, early 20th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) to Taisho period (1912-1926)
The wood netsuke depicting Daikoku's hammer (uchide no kozuchi), decorated with a gold hiramaki-e band on a silver mokume-nuri ground, the striking surfaces similarly decorated in iro-e hiramaki with cintamani (wish-granting jewel) on each side handle. Himotoshi to the underside, one further aperture to the handle.
LENGTH 4.8 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear.
Provenance: From the private collection of Emmanuel Gran, and thence by descent. The present lot has been in the United States of America since 1941. Emmanuel Moiseevich Gran (1894-1969) was a Russian architect, who in 1917 fled the Russian revolution to Shanghai, where he first began to collect Chinese & Japanese art and antiques, gradually building a collection of over 15,000 pieces. In 1941, he once again fled, this time from the looming Japanese army in Shanghai, to San Francisco's Bay Area, bringing his notable collection with him. Eventually he moved to New York and worked as an architect and director of interiors for Hilton Hotels, a position he remained in until his death in 1969.
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A LACQUERED WOOD NETSUKE OF DAIKOKU'S WISH-GRANTING MALLET, UCHIDE NO KOZUCHI
Unsigned
Japan, early 20th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) to Taisho period (1912-1926)
The wood netsuke depicting Daikoku's hammer (uchide no kozuchi), decorated with a gold hiramaki-e band on a silver mokume-nuri ground, the striking surfaces similarly decorated in iro-e hiramaki with cintamani (wish-granting jewel) on each side handle. Himotoshi to the underside, one further aperture to the handle.
LENGTH 4.8 cm
Condition: Very good condition with minor surface wear.
Provenance: From the private collection of Emmanuel Gran, and thence by descent. The present lot has been in the United States of America since 1941. Emmanuel Moiseevich Gran (1894-1969) was a Russian architect, who in 1917 fled the Russian revolution to Shanghai, where he first began to collect Chinese & Japanese art and antiques, gradually building a collection of over 15,000 pieces. In 1941, he once again fled, this time from the looming Japanese army in Shanghai, to San Francisco's Bay Area, bringing his notable collection with him. Eventually he moved to New York and worked as an architect and director of interiors for Hilton Hotels, a position he remained in until his death in 1969.
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