Ɏ SHIBAYAMA: A FINE LACQUERED AND INLAID IVORY MANJU NETSUKE DEPICTING CRANES AND CLOUDS

Lot details By a member of the Shibayama family, signed Shibayama 芝山 saku 作 Japan, Tokyo, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) Of rounded rectangular form, finely worked in lacquer, mother-of-pearl, and tortoiseshell, to depict three red-crowned cranes flying among scrolling clouds. The interior with a looped cord attachment, a central himotoshi to the back. Signed SHIBAYAMA saku [made by Shibayama] on an inlaid tablet. LENGTH 3.7 cm Condition: Minuscule losses to inlaid clouds and lacquer losses to one crane. Overall presenting well. Provenance: From an Italian private collection, acquired from Pierre-Eric Becker, Cannes, on 3 September 1996. Austrian private collection, acquired from the above. An old label to the interior and inscribed with a collector’s number ‘92’. One old, inscribed label, ‘[…] signé Shibayama’. Fuld’s Netsuke and Ojime Index records only one manju netsuke of a group of cranes among clouds, inlaid with aogai and bekkou, by Shibayama, formerly in the W. L. Behrens collection, published in Joly, Henri L. (1912) The W. L. Behrens Collection, Part 1, Netsuke, no. 2587 (unillustrated). The catalog entry reads: “Ivory manju, inlaid in pearl and tortoise-shell with cranes and clouds, signed Shibayama”. This may very well be the same piece as the present lot. Trade Certificate: The trade certificate for the sale of this lot within the EU has been granted (permit number AT 24-B-0106).By a member of the Shibayama family, signed Shibayama 芝山 saku 作 Japan, Tokyo, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) Of rounded rectangular form, finely worked in lacquer, mother-of-pearl, and tortoiseshell, to depict three red-crowned cranes flying among scrolling clouds. The interior with a looped cord attachment, a central himotoshi to the back. Signed SHIBAYAMA saku [made by Shibayama] on an inlaid tablet. LENGTH 3.7 cm Condition: Minuscule losses to inlaid clouds and lacquer losses to one crane. Overall presenting well. Provenance: From an Italian private collection, acquired from Pierre-Eric Becker, Cannes, on 3 September 1996. Austrian private collection, acquired from the above. An old label to the interior and inscribed with a collector’s number ‘92’. One old, inscribed label, ‘[…] signé Shibayama’. Fuld’s Netsuke and Ojime Index records only one manju netsuke of a group of cranes among clouds, inlaid with aogai and bekkou, by Shibayama, formerly in the W. L. Behrens collection, published in Joly, Henri L. (1912) The W. L. Behrens Collection, Part 1, Netsuke, no. 2587 (unillustrated). The catalog entry reads: “Ivory manju, inlaid in pearl and tortoise-shell with cranes and clouds, signed Shibayama”. This may very well be the same piece as the present lot. Trade Certificate: The trade certificate for the sale of this lot within the EU has been granted (permit number AT 24-B-0106).

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