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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Three black lacquer inro
18th/19th century
The first a saya inro bearing a roiro ground and lacquered with a nightingale flying over wild flowers in gold hiramakie, the saya containing a black-lacquered four-case inro, unsigned, 9.8cm (3 7/8in); the second of three cases, lacquered with a night scene of trees in mist, in usu-e-nashiji, unsigned, 7.6cm (3in); with a cast-metal ojime, signed Koku; and lacquered kagamibuta; the third of four cases, black ishime lacquer, with various insects in gold takamakie, signed Kajikawa, 8.7cm (3½in); with cast-metal ojime. (3).
The first a saya inro bearing a roiro ground and lacquered with a nightingale flying over wild flowers in gold hiramakie, the saya containing a black-lacquered four-case inro, unsigned, 9.8cm (3 7/8in); the second of three cases, lacquered with a night scene of trees in mist, in usu-e-nashiji, unsigned, 7.6cm (3in); with a cast-metal ojime, signed Koku; and lacquered kagamibuta; the third of four cases, black ishime lacquer, with various insects in gold takamakie, signed Kajikawa, 8.7cm (3½in); with cast-metal ojime. (3).
Sold for
£937
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 蒔絵鞘印籠 一点 （夜鳴鶯図）
蒔絵印籠 二点 （霧夜図、昆虫図）
18/19世紀
Provenance: the first purchased at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London in 1947; the third item purchased at Glendining & Co. Ltd., London in 1958.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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