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Japanese Edo Wood & Champleve Cloisonne Enamel Kagamibuta Netsuke / Manju. Circa 1850.
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Japanese Edo Wood & Champleve Cloisonne Enamel Kagamibuta Netsuke / Manju. Circa 1850.

19th century
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Antique Japanese Wood & Champleve Cloisonne Kagamibuta Netsuke / Manju. Circa 1850 (possibly earlier). Japanese Edo Period.

A Masterpiece and early type Kagamibuta (Mirror Lid) Manju / Netsuke. Finely enamelled in early Japanese champleve enamel technique.

A dimunitive and finely enamelled manju of superb proportions. Decorated with flowers in turquoise, blues, greens and yellow. Very clever design, with decorative pattern also representative of Mount Fuji, slopes below, and clouds forming above. An extremely rare Masterpiece, made by a highly skilled artisan in the early era of mastering cloisonne techniques in Japan.

Material: Wood Bowl with Champleve Cloisonne Enamel on Metal Lid.

Condition: Excellent condition with some minor marks. Supplied with wooden box.

Size: 1.811" diameter (4.6 cm)

Weight: 0.8 oz (23 g)

*Provenance:

Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art.

Physical Dimensions
Height
2.5cm (0.98")
Width
4.6cm (1.81")
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Dragoncharger Antiques has dated this Japanese Kagamibuta Netsuke to the 1850s.

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SA1102186
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D:00111
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Antique Japanese Wood & Champleve Cloisonne Kagamibuta Netsuke / Manju. Circa 1850 (possibly earlier). Japanese Edo Period.

A Masterpiece and early type Kagamibuta (Mirror Lid) Manju / Netsuke. Finely enamelled in early Japanese champleve enamel technique.

A dimunitive and finely enamelled manju of superb proportions. Decorated with flowers in turquoise, blues, greens and yellow.

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Very clever design, with decorative pattern also representative of Mount Fuji, slopes below, and clouds forming above.
Dragoncharger Antiques

An extremely rare Masterpiece, made by a highly skilled artisan in the early era of mastering cloisonne techniques in Japan.

fig 1. A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel.
fig 1. Japanese Edo Wood & Champleve Cloisonne Enamel Kagamibuta Netsuke / Manju. Circa 1850.

Material: Wood Bowl with Champleve Cloisonne Enamel on Metal Lid.

Condition: Excellent condition with some minor marks. Supplied with wooden box.

Size: 1.811" diameter (4.6 cm)

Weight: 0.8 oz (23 g)

Provenance:

Ryan Snooks collection of Japanese & Asian Decorative Art.

Height
2.5cm (0.98")
Width
4.6cm (1.81")
Date of Manufacture

Dragoncharger Antiques has dated this Japanese Kagamibuta Netsuke to the 1850s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1102186
Dealers Internal Ref
D:00111
Dragoncharger Antiques
Sellingantiques verified Since Aug 2024

Specialising in early japanese cloisonne, edo enamel artisan period.

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Archive I A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel.

Japanese Edo Wood & Champleve Cloisonne Enamel Kagamibuta Netsuke / Manju. Circa 1850.

Archive II A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel. View II
Archive III A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel. View III
Archive IV A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel. View IV
Archive V A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel. View V
Archive VI A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel. View VI
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Archive X A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel. View X
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Archive XIII A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel. View XIII
Archive XIV A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel. View XIV
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A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel.
Japanese Edo Wood & Champleve Cloisonne Enamel Kagamibuta Netsuke / Manju. Circa 1850.
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A circular dark wood Japanese kagamibuta netsuke with a central inset metal plate featuring green, yellow, and purple champleve enamel.
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A kagamibuta netsuke is a traditional Japanese toggle used to secure items suspended from an obi sash, characterised by a shallow wooden or ivory bowl containing a decorative, fitted metal lid.

These items typically combine a turned bowl made from dense wood, such as boxwood or ebony, with a cast or hammered metal disk decorated using champleve enamel, engraving, or mixed metal alloys.

Authentic 19th-century examples feature signs of manual crafting, friction wear around the cord attachment channels (himotoshi), natural surface oxidation on metal components, and period-appropriate enamel formulations.

Small Japanese decorative objects are typically displayed on custom acrylic or wooden stands, placed inside glass cabinet vitrines, or mounted within recessed wall frames.

Dust the surface using a soft camel-hair brush, keep the object away from direct sunlight or moisture sources, and refrain from applying harsh chemical polishes to the enamel or metal.
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