ARMIN MULLER: A PORCELAIN (YAKIMONO) SAGEMONO SET OF A TWO-CASE INRO, NETSUKE AND OJIME By Armin Mueller (1932-2000), signed with the artist's monogram USA, 1993 The sagemono set consisting of a two-case inro in the shape of a deep-purple nasubi (eggplant) with a leaf trailing down each side, forming the cord runners, the leaves and two further insects worked in a brilliant turquoise-green glaze. The ojime is shaped as three cucumbers and the netsuke is in the shape of another nasubi with spiders crawling through and around the asymmetrical himotoshi. The netsuke and inro signed with the artist's monogram and with the original redwood box. HEIGHT (the inro) 8 cm, HEIGHT (the netsuke) 4 cm, HEIGHT (the ojime) 2.4 cm Auction comparison: Another sagemono set from Armin Mueller, from the same collection, was recently sold by Zacke, Fine Netsuke & Sagemono, 16 April 2021, Vienna, lot 325 (sold for 2,022 EUR).