A lacquer decorated sheath inro
19th Century, Kajikawa School
Fashioned as a wooden bird cage with slender silver bars and mokume togidashi in gold and silver, the interior single case decorated to either side with a tethered hawk in gold and iro-e hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a dense gyobu ground contrasting with a seido nuri border, the shibuchiji base signed Kajikawa Tomohide with a red kakihan; together with a red coral bead ojime and an unusual netsuke with a segment of stag antler bracketed by conforming bronze and shakudo plates, the top featuring a crab and turtles in gold and silver overlay, signed Hironaga, with kakihan. [3]
3in (7.7cm) high
Fashioned as a wooden bird cage with slender silver bars and mokume togidashi in gold and silver, the interior single case decorated to either side with a tethered hawk in gold and iro-e hiramaki-e and takamaki-e on a dense gyobu ground contrasting with a seido nuri border, the shibuchiji base signed Kajikawa Tomohide with a red kakihan; together with a red coral bead ojime and an unusual netsuke with a segment of stag antler bracketed by conforming bronze and shakudo plates, the top featuring a crab and turtles in gold and silver overlay, signed Hironaga, with kakihan. [3]
3in (7.7cm) high
Sold for
US$ 3,050
inc. premium
Category: Asian Art
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