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Lot 357*
A gold lacquer and metal-inlaid four-case inro By Kozan, 19th century
8 November 2011, 10:30 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA gold lacquer and metal-inlaid four-case inro
By Kozan, 19th century
Of lenticular form, bearing a rich kinji ground, lacquered and inlaid with Jurojin seated astride a flying crane and holding a tama, the reverse with a boy attendant with his master's staff and scroll in takamakie, with details inlaid in silver, the interior of nashiji, signed Kozan. 8.9cm (3½in).
Of lenticular form, bearing a rich kinji ground, lacquered and inlaid with Jurojin seated astride a flying crane and holding a tama, the reverse with a boy attendant with his master's staff and scroll in takamakie, with details inlaid in silver, the interior of nashiji, signed Kozan. 8.9cm (3½in).
Footnotes
寿老人に鶴図貼付彫金蒔絵印籠 銘「光山」 19世紀
Another inro featuring the same design, signed Koryu, is illustrated by Reiko Yanago, Inro and Netsuke, The Inro Museum, Takayama, 1992, no.3.
The design is illustrated on p.14, in a studio workbook in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, inventory no.E2402-1912.
























