LOT 0018 AN IMPRESSIVE BRONZE 'MENUKI' JAR AND COVER
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AN IMPRESSIVE BRONZE JAR AND COVER INLAID WITH MANY FINE MENUKI Japan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912) Of globular form, the domed cover with a knob handle, the bronze patinated to a dark caramel brown, the sides and cover finely inlaid with numerous menuki in gold, silver, shakudo, and shibuichi, the depictions running the full gamut of Japanese legends and mythology, including a tengu, Urashima Taro, Jurojin, Kan'U, frogs and toads, bats, chickens, and many others. HEIGHT 19.5 cm, max. DIAMETER 23 cm WEIGHT 3,100 g Condition: Good condition with minor wear, few small nicks, occasional light scratches, one of the menuki is lost, another menuki with two small losses. Provenance: Collection of Wivica Ankarcrona Borell (1935-2019). Her grandfather Sten Ankarcrona was a Swedish marine officer who came to Japan on a special mission in 1923, bringing back vast collections of Japanese art and decorating his summer house, creating first a Japanese garden and later a complete Japanese building as documented in Svenska Hem i ord och bild (Swedish Home in Words and Pictures) in 1928, providing a fascinating look at this golden age of European collecting. Their guest book contains the signature of the Swedish king Gustav VI Adolf as well as that of the Japanese crown prince, later Emperor Akihito.
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