10 May 2011
14:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art part II
Back to auction 19295
The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art part II
Back to auction 19295
A gold lacquer five-case inro
By Yamada Jokasai, 19th century
Bearing a sparse nashiji ground, lacquered and inlaid with a cockatoo on a swing perch, the reverse with a basket of peonies and magnolia, in gold and coloured takamakie with raden, the interior of nashiji, the inside of each case bearing an ink sketch of a seasonal floral branch painted by different artists, on which a tanzaku inlaid in metal, is tied and floating in the breeze, each poem slip probably inscribed with the contents of the case; signed Jokasai.
8.2cm (3¼in).
Bearing a sparse nashiji ground, lacquered and inlaid with a cockatoo on a swing perch, the reverse with a basket of peonies and magnolia, in gold and coloured takamakie with raden, the interior of nashiji, the inside of each case bearing an ink sketch of a seasonal floral branch painted by different artists, on which a tanzaku inlaid in metal, is tied and floating in the breeze, each poem slip probably inscribed with the contents of the case; signed Jokasai.
8.2cm (3¼in).
Sold for
£5,760
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 鸚鵡図螺鈿蒔絵印籠 銘「常嘉齋」19世紀
Provenance: The Rev. Brian Houghton collection.
Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1971.
Wrangham collection, no.1114.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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