April 2025 Auction

Lot #60:

Highly unusual metal worked button of an Asian woman and Asian elements with riveted cut-steel star.

#60. Japanese metal work? Highly unusual metal worked button of an Asian woman and Asian elements with riveted cut-steel star. Likely late 19th - early 20th c. and an example of “Japanisme"- a French term coined in late 19th c. describing craze for Japanese art and design in the west following the reopening of foreign trade with Japan in 1858. NBS Large (1 1/4")