Lot details By Rantei, signed Rantei Japan, Kyoto, 19th century Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.208, Rantei, second from right. The two-case inro of oval form, carved in relief with a small boy playing the sho watched by a sage seated on the reverse beside a pine tree, the details very neatly engraved, the downside signed within an irregular reserve RANTEI. HEIGHT 5.1 cm Condition: Excellent condition with minor traces of wear and few natural age cracks, good patina. Provenance: Ex-collection Edward Wrangham. Bonhams, New Bond Street, 10th May 2011, acquired from the above. Auction comparison: Compare two closely related ivory inro signed Rantei and of similar shape and size at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art Part III, 15 May 2012, London, lot 361, (sold for 8,254 EUR) and at Bonhams, The Harriet Szechenyi Sale of Japanese Art, 8 November 2011, London, lot 331 (sold for 5,703 EUR). Trade Certificate: In accordance with new EU regulations that went into effect in January 2022, we have applied for a certificate to sell this item within the EU. We expect the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology to issue the certificate in 3-6 weeks. The item can only be shipped / handed over once the certificate has been issued.
Lot details By Rantei, signed Rantei Japan, Kyoto, 19th century Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.208, Rantei, second from right. The two-case inro of oval form, carved in relief with a small boy playing the sho watched by a sage seated on the reverse beside a pine tree, the details very neatly engraved, the downside signed within an irregular reserve RANTEI. HEIGHT 5.1 cm Condition: Excellent condition with minor traces of wear and few natural age cracks, good patina. Provenance: Ex-collection Edward Wrangham. Bonhams, New Bond Street, 10th May 2011, acquired from the above. Auction comparison: Compare two closely related ivory inro signed Rantei and of similar shape and size at Bonhams, The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art Part III, 15 May 2012, London, lot 361, (sold for 8,254 EUR) and at Bonhams, The Harriet Szechenyi Sale of Japanese Art, 8 November 2011, London, lot 331 (sold for 5,703 EUR). Trade Certificate: In accordance with new EU regulations that went into effect in January 2022, we have applied for a certificate to sell this item within the EU. We expect the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology to issue the certificate in 3-6 weeks. The item can only be shipped / handed over once the certificate has been issued.
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