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Lot 273
A gold lacquer four-case inro By Shiomi Masanari, 19th century
15 May 2012, 10:30 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,125 inc. premium
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By Shiomi Masanari, 19th century
The kinji ground decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, togidashi and takamakie with details inlaid in aogai on one side with a dragonfly, a bumble-bee, tamamushi (a jewel beetle) and an ant, and the reverse with a mantis and a wasp, signed in raised red lacquer Shiomi Masanari, the interior of plain red lacquer; with a silver filigree ojime engraved with insects crawling over Autumnal plants and flowers, unsigned. 8.3cm (3¼in).
The kinji ground decorated in gold and iroe hiramakie, togidashi and takamakie with details inlaid in aogai on one side with a dragonfly, a bumble-bee, tamamushi (a jewel beetle) and an ant, and the reverse with a mantis and a wasp, signed in raised red lacquer Shiomi Masanari, the interior of plain red lacquer; with a silver filigree ojime engraved with insects crawling over Autumnal plants and flowers, unsigned. 8.3cm (3¼in).
Footnotes
昆虫図蒔絵螺鈿印籠 銘「鹽見政誠」 19世紀
Provenance: purchased at Sotheby's, London, 1965.
Wrangham collection, no.599.
























