6 Nov 2012
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
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Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
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Two early black lacquer inro
The second by Bunzan, both 17th century
The first of four cases, lacquered and inlaid with farm workers trudging home, carrying bundles of brushwood on their heads, in gold and slight-coloured takamakie and inlaid aogai, the interior of black lacquer, unsigned, 6.4cm (2½in), with coral ojime; the second of two cases, unusually decorated on one side with several horses and on the other with a flock of cranes and the inscription Kyuko in gold and coloured takamakie, signed Bunzan with kao, 5.6cm (2¼in). (2).
The first of four cases, lacquered and inlaid with farm workers trudging home, carrying bundles of brushwood on their heads, in gold and slight-coloured takamakie and inlaid aogai, the interior of black lacquer, unsigned, 6.4cm (2½in), with coral ojime; the second of two cases, unusually decorated on one side with several horses and on the other with a flock of cranes and the inscription Kyuko in gold and coloured takamakie, signed Bunzan with kao, 5.6cm (2¼in). (2).
Sold for
£750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 蒔絵螺鈿印籠 二点 （薪を担ぐ農民図、鶴に馬図） 17世紀
Provenance: the first purchased at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London in 1953: the second purchased at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London in 1959.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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