8 Nov 2011
14:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
The Harriet Szechenyi Sale of Japanese Art
Back to auction 19548
The Harriet Szechenyi Sale of Japanese Art
Back to auction 19548
A gold lacquer and inlaid-metal four-case inro
By Koryusai and Kagawa Katsuhiro, late 19th century
Of lenticular form, bearing a rich kinji ground and inlaid with Musashibo Benkei and Minamoto no Yoshitsune engaged in their famous fight on the Gojo bridge in Kyoto, in gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi takazogan, the background of gold takamakie and togidashi, the interior of nashiji, signed for the lacquer Koryusai and for the metalwork Katsuhiro with kao; with a metal ojime, engraved and inlaid with a peony, unsigned.
9.3cm (3 3/8in).
Of lenticular form, bearing a rich kinji ground and inlaid with Musashibo Benkei and Minamoto no Yoshitsune engaged in their famous fight on the Gojo bridge in Kyoto, in gold, silver, shakudo and shibuichi takazogan, the background of gold takamakie and togidashi, the interior of nashiji, signed for the lacquer Koryusai and for the metalwork Katsuhiro with kao; with a metal ojime, engraved and inlaid with a peony, unsigned.
9.3cm (3 3/8in).
Sold for
£25,000
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 弁慶と牛若丸図貼付彫金蒔絵印籠 銘「光柳齋」「勝廣（花押）」 19世紀後期
The metalworker is probably Yoshida (later Takata) Katsuhiro, a pupil of Yoshida Nobukatsu, who worked in Tokyo during the last part of the 19th century.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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