KOSHINSAI: A FINE LACQUERED AND INLAID TONKOTSU WITH MATCHING CHERRY BLOSSOM NETSUKE By Koshin(sai), signed Koshinsai 虎真斎 and Koshin 虎真 Japan, 19th century A most unusual Rimpa style tonkotsu carved from cherry wood and encrusted with bold inlays of various woods, aogai (mother-of-pearl), horn, and malachite. The front shows a very fine snail, as well as several ants and a spider in its gold hiramaki-e web. The top shows a majestic butterfly next to a dragonfly. The verso with a pewter-inlaid crescent moon over autumn meadow grasses. The grasses are executed in a pewter and gold lacquer, executed in perfect harmony with THE carefully chosen wood ground. The matching netsuke is a cherry blossom with coral center and an array of fine gold lacquer stamen. The ojime of bright-red coral. Signed KOSHINSAI on the tonkotsu with kakihan, and KOSHIN with matching kakihan on the netsuke. SIZE (the tonkotsu) 9 x 7 cm, WIDTH (the netsuke) 4.3 cm Condition: Very good condition with only minimal wear. Provenance: US private collection, Florida. Previously sold at Bonhams, Asian Works of Art, 16 March 2010, San Francisco, lot 8469 (sold for 1,220 USD). 13% VAT will be added to the hammer price additional to the buyer's premium - only for buyers within the EU.