Chinese ink cakes rare book for sale. This by Kaiwen HU is available at Bauman Rare Books.
Two antique ink sets, black and color, of 18 pieces each, being the “18 Lohan( Arhan or Arhat of Buddhism), Pure and Worthy(men) Ink". The outer box is made to resemble a book binder with two books, each "book" is a tray containing 9 inks. The maker appears on only one cake in each set and is Wang Chin Skeng. Some of the cakes are accented with gold leaf.
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Ivory netsuke. Cat licking its paw.
Until the 19th century all Japanese citizens wore a kimono, fastened by an obi sash. Small personal items such as purses, pipes or medicine containers were hung from the sash by silk cords. The cord was threaded through a bead, or ojime, then tucked behind the kimono sash and secured with a small ornamental toggle or counterweight called a netsuke.
NM-1912-0647
Netsuke served as anchors or counterweights for inrô and sagemono. A single cord was threaded through a cord channel on one side of the suspended container, through two holes (himotoshi) in the netsuke, then through the other side of the container, and knotted on the underside of the container.
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Wood Netsuke of a Balled Rat by Masanaga Wrapped in a tight ball, its hind paws restraining the front ones, and its tail sweeping back around it. The composition is original and appealing. The eyes are inlays of dark horn
with shakudo plate cast and inlaid with Shoki examining his sword, signed Katsunori;
