6 Nov 2012
10:30 GMT
London, New Bond Street
Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
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Fine Japanese Art Morning Session
Back to auction 20023
A rare lacquered-wood three-case inro
By Kosai, 19th century
In the form of a section of bamboo of flattened oval section, carved with four nodes and lacquered on the top with a snail crawling beside a bamboo stem and foliage in gold takamakie, the interior of dark red lacquer, signed for the lacquer Kosai byokin and inscribed Kaiyo no ju with kao; with a small copper and shakudo ojime with inlaid plum blossoms, unsigned. 7.9cm (3⅛in) high.
In the form of a section of bamboo of flattened oval section, carved with four nodes and lacquered on the top with a snail crawling beside a bamboo stem and foliage in gold takamakie, the interior of dark red lacquer, signed for the lacquer Kosai byokin and inscribed Kaiyo no ju with kao; with a small copper and shakudo ojime with inlaid plum blossoms, unsigned. 7.9cm (3⅛in) high.
Sold for
£2,500
inc. premium
Footnotes
- 竹節意匠木製蒔絵印籠 銘「孝哉描金」 「会陽住（花押）」 19世紀
Category: Asian Art / Japanese Art
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