[COLLECTIONS—NETSUKE & INRO] Hana-No-Matsuri (Private Collection of Baron Morimasa Takei). Tokyo, Taisho 6 [1917].
Sale 830 - Japanese and Korean Works of Art
Sep 25, 2020
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$5,000 -
$7,000
Item was unsold
Lot Description
[COLLECTIONS—NETSUKE & INRO] Hana-No-Matsuri (Private Collection of Baron Morimasa Takei). Tokyo, Taisho 6 [1917].
8 volumes, 394 x 308 mm. Each titled Hana no Masegaki (Hedge of flowers) with subtitle Inro-fu zen hassatsu, containing approximately 1,000 black and white plates of the collection of Baron Morimassa Takei (1842-1926) of about 7,500 subjects. Gilt endpapers, sewn gold silk pictorial bindings enclosed in slipcases.
AN EXTREMELY RARE COMPLETE SET.
Property from a Prominent Chicago Collection
Condition Report
Overall in good stable condition. Marked in pencil to slipcovers indicating volume numbers. Some slipcovers with tears, as shown in additional photos. All but one toggle intact. Pages crisp, some creasing and marking. Ex. Greenfield Collection (adhesive labels).
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