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A rare black lacquer two-case inro By Koami Choko and Koma Kyuhaku, 19th century
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,750 inc. premium
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By Koami Choko and Koma Kyuhaku, 19th century
Of wide form, bearing a roiro ground and lacquered with stylised flying cranes, partly in silhouette, in shades of gold takamakie, the interior of matt gold lacquer, signed in gold lacquer Kasumi Koami Choko and in chinkinbori, Koma Kyuhaku saku; with a peach stone ojime carved with a rooster and kiku, signed Masanori. 7.6cm (3in), wide.
Of wide form, bearing a roiro ground and lacquered with stylised flying cranes, partly in silhouette, in shades of gold takamakie, the interior of matt gold lacquer, signed in gold lacquer Kasumi Koami Choko and in chinkinbori, Koma Kyuhaku saku; with a peach stone ojime carved with a rooster and kiku, signed Masanori. 7.6cm (3in), wide.
Footnotes
群鶴(格子羽)図蒔絵印籠 銘「霞幸阿弥長孝」「古満休伯作」 19世紀
Provenance: George Lazarnick collection, purchased from Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1981.
Wrangham collection, no.1500.
Published: George Lazarnick, Netsuke and Inro Artists and How To Read Their Signatures, Honolulu, 1982, p.631.
E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, p.41, bottom row, Choko, Koami, second from right and Kyuhaku, Koma, right.
























