A carved Guri lacquer netsuke.

N57 / B82 / P74 / L62

A guri Lacquer and metal pendant, snuff bottle (also used as a netsuke) in the form of a double gourd. Carved over all with cloud scrolls to show the red and black layers.

Japanese, 1780-1820
Signed: Unsigned
Stopper: Metal
Provenance: Erik Hancock Collection
Redge Cooper 1976.

This piece forms a good link between all these collections, as it could have been used as a netsuke, a snuff bottle, a pendant and it is also lacquer!