INR? SPIDER IN WEB.
Japan. Late Meiji period / early Taish?period. 1st half of the 20th century.

Five-part with separate cord runners. One side and cord runners Roiro; the other very dense Nashiji; as are j?and ge. In very fine Hira- to Takabori with silver and gold some of the 'Seven Flowers of Autumn' such as blooming thunder-plant and asters in front of a partly rotten cobweb of very delicate Haliotis mother-of-pearl stripes in one corner; partly extending to the curved cord runner. Verso and second cord runner entirely covered in very delicate; dense Nashiji; as only decoration a grey-black spider hanging by a very fine thread of Aogai and lacquer; parts of the cobweb of mother-of-pearl stripes in one corner. Inside dense Nashiji. Sign.: Gansh魋ai Shunsui. H.9.3cm; W.6.2cm. Supplement: Ivory-Netsuke in the shape of a sitting Tanuki with delicately engraved fur. Signed on oval reserve: Hiroki. Condition A. Supplement: Ojime of ivory; radish and beans with leafs in low relief.

Please note that objects made of ivory; rhinoceros horn and turtle shell; due to Cites regulations can only be sold within the European Community. At present the export in third countries is prohibited.
Art trade; Van Ham.