6 Nov 2012
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
Back to auction 20023
Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
Back to auction 20023
A lacquer four-case inro
By Choko/Nagataka, late 17th/early 18th century
Decorated in gold and iro-e takamakie and kirikane, one side with a woman pausing by the broken grille of a circular window of a thatched-roofed dwelling, staring at a large spider's web shown on the reverse, all above a bamboo fence, the interior of nashiji; signed Choko/Nagataka. 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high.
Decorated in gold and iro-e takamakie and kirikane, one side with a woman pausing by the broken grille of a circular window of a thatched-roofed dwelling, staring at a large spider's web shown on the reverse, all above a bamboo fence, the interior of nashiji; signed Choko/Nagataka. 6.8cm (2 5/8in) high.
Sold for
£750
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 蜘蛛の巣を見つめる美人図蒔絵印籠 長孝作
17世紀後期/18世紀前期
Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's London in 1950.
The artist is recorded by Edward A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.41.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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