10 May 2011
14:30 BST
London, New Bond Street
The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art part II
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The Edward Wrangham Collection of Japanese Art part II
Back to auction 19295
A lacquer four-case inro
By Chinkei, 19th century
The dark grey ground lacquered with combed waves and inlaid with pottery shells and gold lacquer waterweed, the interior of fundame with metallic silver liners and with silver tablets for inscriptions, signed on a pottery tablet Chinkei.
7.6cm (3in).
The dark grey ground lacquered with combed waves and inlaid with pottery shells and gold lacquer waterweed, the interior of fundame with metallic silver liners and with silver tablets for inscriptions, signed on a pottery tablet Chinkei.
7.6cm (3in).
Sold for
£840
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 巻貝波図陶片貼付蒔絵印籠 銘「椿圭」 19世紀
Provenance: Arthur Kay collection, no.0587.
Purchased from Nihon Token, London, 1977.
Wrangham collection, no.1360.
Published: E.A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.37, Chinkei, top left.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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