Two metal ashtray netsuke. 19th century - image-1

Lot 1140 Dα

Two metal ashtray netsuke. 19th century

Auktion 1053 - Übersicht Köln
05.06.2015, 14:00 - Japanische Kunst - Netsuke, Okimono, Lack und Sagemono, Schwertschmuck
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Two metal ashtray netsuke. 19th century

a) A shibuichi netsuke of a temple bell with a dragon head handle and four engraved characters to each of the four panels, and b) a small bronze dome-shaped netsuke with a rain dragon and stylized clouds in relief to the outside. (2)
a) Height 4.5 cm; b) diameter 3.6 cm

The inscription on the bell reads: Shogyô mujô / ze shômeppô / shômetsu metsui / jakumetsu iraku ( All acts are impermanent / that's the law of creation and destruction. / When all creation and destruction are extinguished / that ultimate stillness (nirvana) is true bliss).
There is a bronze bell dated 1532 in the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco with the same inscription. The verses are from the Nirvana Sutra.

Provenienz

a) Lempertz, Cologne, 12./13.12.2008, lot 1101