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Lot 214
A black lacquer four-case inro By Tsuchida Soetsu, (c.1660-1745), late 17th/early 18th century
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £3,500
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By Tsuchida Soetsu, (c.1660-1745), late 17th/early 18th century
Of rounded form, bearing a roiro ground with nashiji borders, lacquered with two sparrows fighting in mid-air over a gourd vine, the reverse with a fruiting branch, in gold and coloured takamakie with fruit inlaid in coral and green stone, the interior of nashiji, signed Tsuchida Soetsu with kao. 7.3cm (2 7/8in).
Of rounded form, bearing a roiro ground with nashiji borders, lacquered with two sparrows fighting in mid-air over a gourd vine, the reverse with a fruiting branch, in gold and coloured takamakie with fruit inlaid in coral and green stone, the interior of nashiji, signed Tsuchida Soetsu with kao. 7.3cm (2 7/8in).
Footnotes
花燕図蒔絵珊瑚象嵌印籠 銘「土田宗哲(花押)」 17世紀後期/18世紀前期
Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1973.
Wrangham collection, no.1243.
























