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 black lacquer three-case inro
By Koma Kyuei, late 18th/early 19th century
Of wide form, the roiro ground with a light dusting of gold powder, lacquered with a censer of takamakie and e-nashiji with pewter cover, and a tray bearing an incense container, the interior of nashiji, signed Koma .. hachi-ju sai Kyuei saku (aged 80).
6.3cm (2½in).
Of wide form, the roiro ground with a light dusting of gold powder, lacquered with a censer of takamakie and e-nashiji with pewter cover, and a tray bearing an incense container, the interior of nashiji, signed Koma .. hachi-ju sai Kyuei saku (aged 80).
6.3cm (2½in).
Sold for
£8,400
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 香炉図蒔絵印籠 銘「古満十子八十歳休永作」 18世紀後期/19世紀前期
Provenance: W.L. Behrens collection, no.1687, illustrated in the Catalogue, pl.LVI.
Fletcher collection, no.923.
R.Harari collection, purchased at Sotheby's London, 1974.
Wrangham collection, no.1253.
Published: E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.156, Koma Kyuei, bottom right.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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