A basketwork small two-case inro Momoyama Period, late 16th/early 17th century
Lot 201
A basketwork small two-case inro Momoyama Period, late 16th/early 17th century
Sold for £3,250 (US$ 5,287) inc. premium
Auction Details
A basketwork small two-case inro Momoyama Period, late 16th/early 17th century
Lot Details
A basketwork small two-case inro
Momoyama Period, late 16th/early 17th century
The woven rattan lacquered with tea-ceremony utensils, including chaire with chaire fukuro, mizuzashi and hishaku, the reverse with a hanging basket of camellia and plum blossom and the interior of black lacquer, unsigned.
5.7cm (2¼in).

Footnotes

  • 茶道具図籠編蒔絵印籠　無銘　桃山時代（16世紀後期/17世紀前期）

    Provenance: W. L. Behrens collection.
    Welcome collection.
    Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1966.
    Wrangham collection, no.734.
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