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Lot 231
A black lacquer two-case inro By Tatsuke Takamitsu, mid 19th century
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,750 inc. premium
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By Tatsuke Takamitsu, mid 19th century
Of wide form, bearing a rich roiro ground, lacquered with a flying ho-o bird and informal kiri, the design continuing on the reverse, in two shades of gold takamakie with kirikane details, the interior of roiro with kinji edges, signed Tatsuke Kokyo kore wo ga, gyonen hachi-ju-sai (Tatsuke Kokyo painted this at the age of 80). 7.6cm (3in), wide.
Of wide form, bearing a rich roiro ground, lacquered with a flying ho-o bird and informal kiri, the design continuing on the reverse, in two shades of gold takamakie with kirikane details, the interior of roiro with kinji edges, signed Tatsuke Kokyo kore wo ga, gyonen hachi-ju-sai (Tatsuke Kokyo painted this at the age of 80). 7.6cm (3in), wide.
Footnotes
鳳凰図蒔絵印籠 銘「田附工鏡画之行年八十歳」 19世紀中期
Provenance: Michael Tomkinson collection, no.1048.
Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1972.
Wrangham collection, no.1143.
Published: E. A. Wrangham, The Index of Inro Artists, 1995, p.282, Takamitsu, Tatsuke, bottom row left.
Kokyo was one of the go (art name) used by Tatsuke Takamitsu, whose style of work often deviated from that of the classic Tatsuke family.
























