Boxwood Wood Japanese Netsuke Inro Wedding Mice

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Click Double your traffic. Try Vendio Gallery Risk FREE! Preferred Checkout If you are the winning bidder, click the Checkout button to go directly to my Checkout page! For fastest processing of your order, please use Vendio Checkout! Payment | Checkout | Shipping | OUR POLICIES Boxwood Wood Japanese Netsuke Inro Wedding Mice Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Album Inro Size:Width:2.7 inches;Height:3 inches.(An inch=2.54 cm). Netsuke Size:Height:1.4 inches.(An inch=2.54 cm). This wood carving artwork is very detailed,it is a netsuke inro(pomander,or spice box),hand carved,made of unique boxwood wood.With inlaid eye,artist signature, lovely piece add to your collection,also will be a wonderful gift for your any friend. You can enjoy discount shipping fees if you purchase multiple other items together,only add $5 on shipping fees for additional each such boxwood inro, so you can save money on combined shipping. What's netsuke & Inro? In old japanese, people get some spicery in the box so that the room can emanate the aroma.A netsuke is a form of small sculpture which developed in Japan over a period of more than three hundred suke served both functional and aesthetic purposes. The kimono, the traditional form of Japanese dress, had no pockets.Women would tuck small personal items into their sleeves, but men suspended their tobacco pouches, pipes, purses or writing implements, on a silk cord, from their obi (sash).These hanging objects are called sagemono. To stop the cord from slipping through the obi,a small toggle was attached. The toggle is called Netsuke. Netsuke--Japanese called nets'keh - small carving usually of wood or tusk serving as a toggle.Netsuke date back to the 17th Century, and became extremely popular in Europe towards the end of the 19th Century. This coincided with the Japanese adopting the suit and its pockets and with oriental artefacts being very much in vogue with buyers in western Europe.Netsuke served both functional and aesthetic purposes. The tradtional Japanese dress,the kimono had no pockets. The robes were hung together by a broad sash (obi), so items that were needed to be carried were held on a cord tucked under the sash. The hanging objects (sagemono) were secured with carved toggles (netsuke). A sliding bead (ojime) was strung on the cord between the netsuke and the sagemono to tighten or loosen the opening of the sagemono.The best known accessory was the inro , a small box used by the wealthy for carrying medicines and seals. The inro was a layered box with two to seven tiers that could contain various small objects.The inro was held together by braided silk cords, which ran vertically through the many layers.Keeping these braided cords together was an ojime or bead, which finally ended in a toggle piece called a netsuke . The netsuke was tucked under the obi and helped to suspend the inro below. Through human nature, these elements began to serve as more than just their utilitarian use, they became expressions of the artist who created them and the individual taste of the wearer. Although the Japanese did not have jewelry in the Western sense of the word, they most certainly knew about craftsmanship, artistry, decoration, and adornment. These small sets of accessories became highly refined and reflected great sophistication.Inro were usually made of wood coated in lacquer, decorated with gold and silver inlays. Ojime and netsuke were crafted out of wood, tusk, ceramic, or metal.Netsuke were also used to secure purses, and were widely used to hold the tobacco pouches that became almost universal with the introduction of smoking in Japan.Netsuke could be ... read more

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