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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A gold lacquer four-case inro
By Koryusai, 19th century
Of rounded, rectangular form, bearing a kinji ground with clouds of mura-usu-nashiji, decorated with a continuous scene of Ariwara no Narihira admiring Mount Fuji on horse back accompanied by an attendant, in gold and slight coloured takamakie with ko-hirame highlights, the interior of dark nashiji with kinji edges, signed Koryusai; with small globular ojime. 7.9cm (3⅛in).
Of rounded, rectangular form, bearing a kinji ground with clouds of mura-usu-nashiji, decorated with a continuous scene of Ariwara no Narihira admiring Mount Fuji on horse back accompanied by an attendant, in gold and slight coloured takamakie with ko-hirame highlights, the interior of dark nashiji with kinji edges, signed Koryusai; with small globular ojime. 7.9cm (3⅛in).
Estimate:
£2,500 - 3,000
JPY 390,000 - 470,000
US$ 3,800 - 4,600
JPY 390,000 - 470,000
US$ 3,800 - 4,600
Footnotes
- 在原業平富士見図蒔絵印籠 銘「光柳斎」 19世紀
Koryusai's inro are usually of lenticular form, often with metal inlay in the style of Kakosai Shozan.
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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